Cleavage of formamide to give hydrocyanic acid and water
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsUbbo v. Oehsen, Karlheinz Stecher, Waldemar Koehler, Berthold Mueller, Fritz Brunnmueller, Rolf Schneider
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Abstract
A process for the thermolytic cleavage of formamide to give hydrocyanic acid and water over alumina or alumina/silica moldings subjected to final sintering or over high temperature corrosion-resistant stainless steel packings in the presence of atmospheric oxygen possesses, in particular, high HCN selectively and a high formamide conversion.
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A process for the cleavage of formamide to give hydrocyanic acid and water, wherein gaseous, superheated formamide together with from 0.1 to 10% by volume of air is introduced into a tube bundle reactor at from 300.degree. to 480.degree. C., under reduced pressure of from 1 to 350 mbar and passed over moldings subjected to final sintering and consisting of from 50 to 100% by weight of alumina and from 50 to 0% by weight of silica, or over high temperature corrosion-resistant chromium-nickel stainless steel moldings;
- at from 450.degree. to 590.degree. C., the mean residence time being from 0.01 to 0.25 seconds.
A process for the cleavage of formamide to give hydrocyanic acid and water, wherein gaseous, superheated formamide together with from 1.0 to 3.0% by volume of air is introduced into a tube bundle reactor at from 300.degree.-400.degree. C., under reduced pressure of from 50-150 mbar and passed over moldings subjected to final sintering and consisting of from 85-95% by weight of alumina and from 15-5% by weight of silica or over chromium-nickel stainless steel moldings comprising from 18-21% by weight of chromium, from 9-13% by weight of nickel and from 0-3% by weight of silicon, the remainder to 100% by weight being iron;
- at from 500.degree.-540.degree. C., the mean residence time being from 0.01 to 0.05 seconds.
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