Methods of Manufacturing
From cyclohexylamine plus ammonia and zinc chloride, also from coal tar and bone oil.
Acetaldehyde + formaldehyde + ammonia (Reilly synthesis; coproduced with pyridine/beta-picoline/gamma-picoline)
Acrolein + ammonia (Daicel process; coproduced with pyridine)
U.S. Production
(1989) ca. 9000 t/a
Consumption Patterns
ESSENTIALLY 100% AS A CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE