Abstract:
Alpha, beta unsaturated nitriles are prepared from olefins by reaction thereof with ammonia and oxygen, in the gas phase, and in the presence of a novel catalyst system consisting of the elements cerium, tellurium, molybdenum, of one or both the elements selected from the group comprising nickel and cobalt, and moreover of oxygen chemically combined with the above cited elements.
Abstract:
The instant Application deals with a process for the manufacture of methacrylonitrile by the catalytic ammonoxidation of isobutylene at elevated temperature, in gaseous phase, in the presence of a catalyst consisting of the elements tellurium, cerium, molybdenum, of one or more of the elements selected from the group comprising lithium, sodium, potassium rubidium cesium and moreover of oxygen chemically combined with the above cited elements.