MANUFACTURE OF ACRYLONITRILE AND METHACRYLONITRILE MANUFACTURE OF ACRYLONITRILE AND METHACRYLONITRILE

摘要

High yields of unsaturated nitriles are obtained by the oxidation of olefin-ammonia mixtures in the presence of a catalyst comprising the oxides of bismuth, molybdenum, iron and at least one element of the Group II metals as essential components, and optionally the oxides of cobalt, nickel, phosphorus, arsenic and an alkali metal.