| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/EP96/01861 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 23, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 23, 1998 PCT Filed May 4, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/36589 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 21, 1996A process for preparing N-methyl-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-ethylamine comprises hydrogenating 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetonitrile with a methylamine of the general formula I <IMAGE> (I) where R1 is hydrogen, benzyl or tert-butyl, and hydrogen in the presence of a supported catalyst which comprises from 0.05 to 50% by weight of copper chromite, copper, silver, gold, iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum or mixtures thereof, in the presence or absence of water at from 20 DEG to 200 DEG C. under from 1 to 300 bar. |