Abstract:
A-B-UNSATURATED NITRILES ARE PREPAREDBY THE GAS PHASE REACTION OFONE OR MORE SATURATED C3-C8 ALDEHYDES WITH ,OLECULAR OXYGEN AND AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST CONTAINING ANTIMONY AND URANIUM OR IRON AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 300* AND 600*C.
Abstract:
METHOD OF PREPARING ALPHA-BETA-UNSATURATED NITRILES. COMPRISES REACTING, IN THE GASEOUS PHASE, A SATURATED ALDEHYDE CONTAINING FROM 3 TO 8 CARBON ATOMS WITH OXYGEN AND AMMONIA IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST CONTAINING (1) TELLURIUM OXIDE AND (2) AN OXIDE OF TITANIUM, CERIUM, OR MOLYBDENUM, OR A MIXTURE OF OXIDES OF CERIUM AND MOLYBDENUM.