Abstract: We have performed kinetic and mechanistic studies on homogeneous ruthenium- catalyzed transalkylation of tertiary amines. From these studies we have derived a kinetic expression for transalkylation catalysis based on initial reaction rates. We find that transalkylation proceeds most efficiently in alcoholic solvents (eg, MeOH or EtOH), under a slight pressure of CO, with a mixed-metal, iron-ruthenium catalyst. The mechanism ...