Abstract: Tertiary monomethylamines having long chain alkyl groups are advantageously prepared from unsaturated aliphatic nitriles under a low pressure at a high yield by the steps of:(a) reducing the nitriles with hydrogen in the presence of a nickel hydrogenation catalyst at 200.degree. through 230.degree. C. and under a hydrogen pressure of 0 through 10 kg/cm.sup.2 G, while the formed ammonia is removed;(b) reacting the resultant amines with a hydroxymethylation agent in the presence of the nickel catalyst at 150.degree. through 180.degree. C., while hydrogen is passed through the reaction zone under 0.3 through 7 kg/cm.sup.2 G and the formed water is removed, and;(c) reducing the resultant tertiary amines with hydrogen in the presence of the nickel catalyst at 175.degree. through 210.degree. C. and under a hydrogen pressure of 5 through 10 kg/cm.sup.2 G.

Abstract: Disubstituted aliphatic carboxylamidoamines of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R stands for an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group with 7-17 carbon atoms and M for a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal atom. Detergents and toiletry compositions incorporated with the disubstituted aliphatic carboxylamidoamines are extremely low in irritating property to skin, eyes and mucous membranes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing sulfated cellulose using any of the Lewis base-SO.sub.3 complexes as a sulfating agent, which characteristically consists in thermally activating cellulose prior to its sulfation in tertiary amines or a mixture of tertiary amines and amine hydrochlorides, thereby enabling alkali metal salts of cellulose sulfate to be favorably accepted as a binder for dentrifice compositions.