Preparation of the reaction products of hydrogen cyanide
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsFritz Brunnmueller, Karlheinz Stecher, Michael Kroener, Rolf Schneider
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Abstract
Reaction products of hydrogen cyanide are prepared by a process in which hydrogen cyanide prepared in a conventional manner by pyrolysis at from 250.degree. to 650.degree. C. over a solid under from 5 to 200 mbar is cooled to a temperature of from 200.degree. to -10.degree. C. together with the other pyrolysis products, the hydrogen cyanide is then fed to a chemisorption reaction with a base or with a carbonyl compound, and the reaction products of hydrogen cyanide which are formed therein are removed from the system and brought to atmospheric pressure. In this process, the handling of large amounts of hydrogen cyanide is avoided.
Claims6
A process for the preparation of a compound which is the reaction product of a carbonyl-containing compound and hydrogen cyanide, which comprises:
- (a) forming HCN by the pyrolysis of formamide or a compound of the formula:
- ##STR5## wherein R, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form a carbocyclic ring of 5 or 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.4 is H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, at from 250.degree.-650.degree. C. over a solid catalyst and under a pressure of 5-200 mbar;
- (b) cooling said formed HCN and other products formed by pyrolysis, still under a pressure of 5-200 mbar to a temperature in the range of from 200.degree. to -10.degree. C., thereby separating uncondensed HCN from said other products;
- (c) feeding the cooled uncondensed HCN under a pressure of 5-200 mbar to a chemisorption reaction with a carbonyl-containing compound;
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- (d) removing said reaction product from the reaction mixture.
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