Catalyst for reacting carboxylic acid nitriles
AssigneeEvonik Roehm GmbH
InventorsAlexander May, Bernd Vogel, Hermann Siegert, Kurt-Alfred Gaudschun, Thomas Quandt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a catalyst for reacting carbonitriles with water, wherein the catalyst comprises at least 60% by weight of manganese dioxide with an empirical formula MnOx where x is in the range from 1.7 to 2.0, and at least one plasticizer. The present invention further relates to a process for preparing the catalysts detailed above and to a process for preparing carboxamides by reacting carbonitriles with water in the presence of the present catalyst.
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A catalyst comprising at least 60% by weight of manganese dioxide with an empirical formula MnOx where x is in the range from 1.7 to 2.0, and at least one plasticizer.
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