abstract |
Provided is a process for producing an amine via a hydroaminoalkylation reaction of a non-aromatic C-C double bond or C-C triple bond, said process comprising a step of reacting a compound comprising a non-aromatic C-C double bond or C-C triple bond with a reactive component which is obtainable by combining an aminal or a hemiaminal ether with an acidic medium comprising trifluoroacetic acid, wherein the aminal contains two amino groups independently selected from a secondary and a tertiary amino group that are linked by a methylene group wherein one hydrogen atom may be replaced by a further substituent, and at least one of the amino groups carries a hydrogen atom at a carbon atom bound in α-position to its nitrogen atom, and the hemiaminal ether contains a secondary or a tertiary amino group which carries a hydrogen atom at a carbon atom bound in α-position to its nitrogen atom, and the secondary or tertiary amino group is linked to an alkoxy group by a methylene group wherein one hydrogen atom may be replaced by a further substituent. |