12-Molybdic acid-2-chromites

The first example of a heterogeneously catalyzed hydroamination of an alkene appeared in a 1929 patent in which it is claimed that NHj reacts with ethylene (450°C, 20 bar) over a reduced ammonium molybdate to give EtNH2 [24]. An intriguing reaction was also reported by Bersworth, who reacted oleic acid with NH3 in the presence of catalysts like palladium or platinum black or copper chromite to give the hydroamination product in quantitative yields [25]. However, this result could not be reproduced [26]. 

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