Method of producing cyano compounds by ammoxidation
AssigneeDegussa AG
InventorsLukas M. J. Von Hippel, Jorg Sauer, Rudiger Schutte, Manfred Sauer, Dietrich Arntz
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Abstract
An ammoxidizable compound is reacted with an ammonium salt, especially an inorganic ammonium salt, in the presence of a source of oxygen and an ammoxidation catalyst at 100 to 700.degree. C., preferably 200 to 700.degree. C., in order to produce cyano compounds of the formula R--CN, in which R is H or an organic group.
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A method of producing cyano compounds of the general formula R--CN in which R is H or an organic group, comprising ammoxidizing an ammoxidizable organic compound by contacting said ammoxidizable organic compound with a source for ammonia and a source for oxygen in the presence of an ammoxidation catalyst at a temperature in a range of 100 to 700.degree. C., wherein the source for ammonia is an ammonium salt.
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