Method for the hydration of acrylonitrile to acrylamide
AssigneeSnamprogetti S.p.A.
InventorsGiovanni Manara, Vittorio Fattore, Bruno Notari
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Abstract
In the reaction of conversion of nitriles to amides, more particularly, but not exclusively, acrylonitrile to acrylamide, the improvement consisting in the adoption, as a catalyst, of a copper-based catalyst which is prepared by reacting an organic copper chelate with aluminum-alkyl and/or an aluminum hydride. Higher yields and higher selectivity are obtained over the usual copper-based catalysts.
Claims4
A method for the hydration of acrylonitrile to acrylamide comprising the step of carrying out the reaction by starting with an aqueous reaction mixture in which the ratio of water to acrylonitrile is in the range of from 1 to 30 mols of water per mol of acrylonitrile, at a temperature in the range of from 20.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. and in the presence of a catalyst based on copper obtained by reacting an organic chelate of copper with an aluminum alkyl and/or hydride.
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