the reaction the useful temperature range for the reduction step is any temperature between about 50 and 300 centigrade more preferably between 100 to 250 degrees centigrade with a temperature of about 170 degrees centigrade being most preferable the pressure of hydrogen used during the reduction is any temperature between about 20 and 3000 psig more preferably between 100 and 2500 psig with a pressure of about 1500 being most preferable the following examples are illustrative of the invention and should not be considered delimitive thereof in any way to a 3 liter flask equipped with a thermometer stirrer an addition funnel and nitrogen outlet was charged 900 g of ultravis u00ae 1000 molecular weight of 970 and 600 g of expar u00ae 252 the mixture was heated to 60 u00b0 c and 150 g of 70 nitric acid was added during a one hour period after the addition was completed the mixture was digested at 60 u00b0 c for six hours the resulting mixture was then stripped of water and unreacted nitric acid under reduced pressure of 20 mm and elevated temperature of 70 u00b0 c the resulting product was analyzed by ir and nmr and showed to be nitro containing polyisobutane in paraffin to a 300 ml stirred autoclave was charged with 130 g of product from example 1 and 8 g of 1 pd c catalyst the reactor was seated and purged of air hydrogen was added into the reactor to about 1500 psig the reactor was then heated to 200 u00b0 c and held for four hours the reactor was then cooled to ambient temperature the resulting mixture was discharged and filtered the product was analyzed to have amine.