Furfurylamine, a very versatile primary amine, is an important intermediate in organic synthesis, pharmaceutical industry and chemical products. Reductive amination of biomass derived furfural is an effective method for the production of furfurylamine. Here, we investigated the reductive amination of furfural to furfurylamine over commercial Raney Ni using ammonia as ammonia source, the effects of hydrogen pressure, reaction temperature, molar ratio of substrate/ammonia, solvent, and catalyst dosage on the reaction were investigated. The results showed that the conversion of furfural was 100% and the highest selectivity to furfurylamine was 96. 3% at the optimized reaction conditions of n (furfural) /n (ammonia) = 1/2, 130 °C, 2.0 MPa H2 for 3 h in 1,4-dioxane solvent. Compared with the conventional method, this technique enables the preparation of furfurylamine with high selectivity under non-noble metal catalyst, which was characterized by simple operation, low cost and high yield

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