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US 2023/0053970 A1Published application
Production of adiponitrile
AssigneeINV Nylon Chemicals Americas, LLC
InventorsSudhir N.V.K. AKI, Benjamin D. HERZOG, Milind V. KANTAK, Gregory S. KIRBY, William J. TENN, III
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Abstract
Disclosed is a process for preparing adiponitrile from acrylonitrile in an electrolytic cell. An aqueous electrolyte comprising acrylonitrile converts to adiponitrile in the presence of a solid anode and in the absence of a solid cathode. The cathode comprises gas plasma.
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A process for converting acrylonitrile to adiponitrile comprising:
- a) flowing aqueous electrolyte comprising acrylonitrile to a cell having an anode in the absence of a solid cathode;
- b) flowing gas plasma cathode to the cell, wherein the gas plasma cathode is separated from the anode by the electrolyte;
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- c) recovering product containing adiponitrile from the cell.
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