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Production of carboxylic acids from nitriles

US4174452A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 13, 1978
Grant dateNov 13, 1979
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 13, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C51/08
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A nitrile, such as terephthalonitrile or nicotinonitrile is reacted with water, in the vapor phase, in the presence of a catalyst, such as supported phosphoric acid, to produce the corresponding carboxylic acid.

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