To provide an industrially practicable method for producing an amine by hydrogenation, consuming a small amount of a catalyst, greatly avoiding the occurrence of secondary reaction, capable of setting an excellent catalyst balance, excellently separating an inactive catalytic component.
This method comprises producing an amine by hydrogenating a compound containing at least one nitro group in the presence of a supported catalyst containing at least nickel as a catalytic active metal. The reduced and stabilized supported catalyst contains nickel microcrystal showing a two mode nickel microcrystal particle size distribution having maximum values at 30-80 Angstrom (300-800 nm) and 81-150 Angstrom (810-1,500 nm). The catalyst having 60-80 mass % nickel content, 0-20 mass % SiO2 content, 0-40 mass % ZrO2 content and 0-4 mass % HfO2 content in a reduced passivation state and at least 70% degree of reduction after further reduction for 1 hour at 100°C is used.
PEISKER DIETMAR
WELLNER KLAUS
BRAUNSBERG HOLGER
GEORGI GUNTER
PENZEL ULRICH
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