Method for producing 3-pentenenitrile by means of the hydrocyanation of 1,3-butadiene

US8058466B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Gerd Haderlein · Bad Kötzting, DE
• Tobias Aechtner · Mannheim, DE
• Andreas Leitner · New Castle, US
• Hermann Luyken · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Peter Pfab · Schwarzheide, DE
• Jens Scheidel · Hirschberg, DE
• Andrea Haunert · Mannheim, DE
• Thomas Genger · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 1, 2007
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C253/10
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An process for preparing 3-pentenenitrile by hydrocyanating 1,3-butadiene, in which the process yield with regard to recycled 1,3-butadiene is maximized.