Ethanol → N,N-Diethylheptadecan-1-amine

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A 40 ml ethanol solution containing 0.015 g of RhCl3.3H2O, 35 g of 1-hexadecene, and 18 g of diethylamine was charged in an autoclave of 200 ml capacity, and the reaction was conducted under the conditions described in Example 1. Upon completion of the reaction, the contents separated into a product amine phase and a yellow solvent phase. To this solvent phase again were added 1-hexadecene and diethylamine in the same amounts as used in the first run, followed by phase separation. Further, the starting materials were added to the resulting solvent phase to conduct the reaction. In such a manner, the reaction was repeated. The olefin conversions and the yields of heptadecyldiethylamine thus obtained are as follows.

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