Process for preparing alkylamines

This invention relates to an improvement in a process for producing an alkylamine from olefin and amine by hydrohalogenating the olefin to form haloalkane then reacting the haloalkane with amine to form an alkylamine. The improvement comprises heat-treating the alkylamine thus formed with an aqueous alkaline or alkaline earth metal hydroxide at a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to minimize the formation of flocculent precipitate during the formation and/or storage of the alkylamine.