2,6-Dimethylaniline → Benzenamine, N-(2-methoxyethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-

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In an adiabatic reactor, 100 ml of a copper oxide/chromium oxide catalyst (molar ratio CuO:Cr2O3 =2:1) containing 1.5% by weight of palladium are activated in the manner described in Example 2 and heated in the stream of hydrogen to 275° C. 60.6 g (0.5 mol) of 2,6-dimethylaniline, 76 g (1.0 mol) of 2-methoxyethanol and 67.2 N1 (3mols) of hydrogen are then passed, at 275° C. and under a pressure of 4 bars (absolute), through the catalyst bed. The reaction mixture which issues from the reactor is condensed and worked up by distillation.

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