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Method for the hydration of acrylonitrile to acrylamide

US4302597A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 1979
Grant dateNov 24, 1981
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Expiry dateAug 1, 1999

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J2531/16
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the reaction of conversion of nitriles to amides, more particularly, but not exclusively, acrylonitrile to acrylamide, the improvement consisting in the adoption, as a catalyst, of a copper-based catalyst which is prepared by reacting an organic copper chelate with aluminum-alkyl and/or an aluminum hydride. Higher yields and higher selectivity are obtained over the usual copper-based catalysts.

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