An amine ether of formula A wherein a is 1 or 2; and when a is 1, E is E′; when a is 2, E is L; E′ is C1-C36 alkyl; C3-C18 alkenyl; C2-C18 alkinyl; C5-C18 cycloalkyl; C5-C18 cycloalkenyl; a radical of a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic bicyclic or tricyclic hydrocarbon of 7 to 12 carbon atoms; C2-C7alkyl or C3-C7alkenyl substituted by halogen; C7-C15 aralkyl or C7-C15 aralkyl substituted by C1-C4 alkyl or phenyl; or E′ is a radical of formula (VII) as explained in claim 1; T′ is tertiary C4-C18alkyl or phenyl, each of which are unsubstituted or substituted by halogen, OH, COOR21 or C(O)—R22; or T′ is C5-C12cycloalkyl; C5-C12cycloalkyl which is interrupted by at least one O or —NR18—; a polycyclic alkyl radical having 7-18 carbon atoms, or the same radical which is interrupted by at least one O or —NR18—; or T′ is —C(G1)(G2)-T″; or C1-C18alkyl or C5-C12cycloalkyl substituted by T″ is hydrogen, halogen, NO2, cyano, or is a monovalent organic radical comprising 1-50 carbon atoms; or T″ and T′ together form a divalent organic linking group completing, together with the hindered amine nitrogen atom and the quaternary carbon atom substituted by G1 and G2, an optionally substituted five- or six-membered ring structure; and all other residues are as defined in claim 1, are obtained in good yield from the corresponding N-oxyl hindered amine precursor by reaction with a hydrocarbon E1-H or H-L-H in the presence of an organic hydroperoxide and a catalytic amount of copper or a copper compound. The products of present process find utility as polymerization regulators and/or light stabilizers for organic material.