Preparation of saturated primary amines

Abstract From the Canadian patent

13 - O.Z.0050/36947, Abstract of the Disclosure: Saturated primary amines are prepared by reacting a nitrile with hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of ammonia by a process in which a molded catalyst material as used which has an indentation hardness of >300 kp/cm2 and contains metallic cobalt and/or nickel particles, obtained from cobalt oxide and/or nickel oxide particles containing less than 0.1% by weight of alkali metal oxides and/or alkaline earth metal oxides by reduction with hydrogen at <500°C, and a lubricant.