IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PENTENENITRILES
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    发明公开
    IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PENTENENITRILES 审中-公开
    改进的方法PRODUCING戊烯腈

    公开(公告)号:EP2928597A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-14

    申请号:EP13811326.1

    申请日:2013-12-05

    Inventor: VOS, Thomas E.

    Abstract: The invention provides methods useful in the industrial scale process for hydrocyanation of butadiene to adiponitrile for recycle of unwanted byproduct 2-methyl-3-butenenitrile (2M3BN) by conversion to process intermediate pentenenitrile. The invention provides a process for generating catalysts useful for carrying out the hydrocyanation of butadiene to adiponitrile, the process comprising contacting the 2M3BN and a solution of a nickel-ligand catalyst in cis-2-pentenenitrile (cis-2PN), trans-2-pentenenitrile (trans-2PN), or a mixture thereof. The improved methods of the invention can provide improved catalyst solubility for bidentate ligands without a requirement for a Lewis acid catalyst promoter such as zinc chloride to be present.

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