US3321507A - Process for the production of unsaturated nitriles - Google Patents
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- C07C253/00—Preparation of carboxylic acid nitriles
- C07C253/24—Preparation of carboxylic acid nitriles by ammoxidation of hydrocarbons or substituted hydrocarbons
- C07C253/26—Preparation of carboxylic acid nitriles by ammoxidation of hydrocarbons or substituted hydrocarbons containing carbon-to-carbon multiple bonds, e.g. unsaturated aldehydes
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- ammoxydation reaction has been known for a long time, which takes place when an olefin is reacted in the gaseous phase, with oxygen or ammonia in the presence of suitable catalysts, obtaining nitrogen compounds which in suitable conditions are prevailingly unsaturated nitriles.
- Acrylonitrile is obtained by ammoxydation of propylene.
- catalysts the literature indicates a vast range of metals from the End to the VIIth group of the periodic system or their compounds, for instance oxides or mixtures thereof.
- the known processes have not revealed so far the possibility of obtaining acrylonitrile starting from olefinic mixtures containing both propylene and butylenes, which however would be very convenient and advantageous.
- one operates with mixtures of olefins, oxygen, ammonia, in which the olefins are overall (C +C.,) in molar quantities smaller with respect to oxygen, and about equal or smaller with respect to ammonia.
- the active part of the catalysts employed, which are conveniently supported, may be mixtures of oxides of molybdenum, vanadium and bismuth, or be other compounds or mixtures of compounds, in particular, the product of the calcination of a bismuth salt of a heteropolyacid of vanadium or molybdenum.
- the oxygen should be fed in ratios to said overall quantity of olefins higher than 1 and preferably not higher than 2. It is advantageous that the oxygen should be fed with convenient diluents, such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide. In particular it is convenient to feed air.
- the time of contact is not critical, showing an optimum for durations shorter than 30 and preferably shorter than 10 seconds and equal at least to 0.5 second.
- the presence of saturated hydrocarbons in the feed does not cause any inconveniences.
- the catalyst is generally supported on kieselguhr, celite or carborundum. In this case it can be prepared by mixing the active part with a support, kneading and then drying the whole. The solid mass obtained is ground to a convenient grain size and is then tabletted after previous addition of a suitable substance having the func tion of a binder.
- the tabletted catalyst is charged into the reactor and is activated in situ by oxygen or air at 480 to 540 C., the optimum being shifted towards the temperatures closest to the upper limit.
- a further advantage of the present invention is the absence of any danger in connection with the production of acrylonitrile, since no formation of acrolein has been noticed, the mixtures of which with air are notoriously explosive, or at any rate the formation of this aldehyde has always been below the explosive limits. It is obvious that it is possible to convert into nitriles, in the manner described in the present patent application, not only the mixtures of olefins but also the individual olefins that normally form part of the mixtures.
- EXAMPLE 1 2700 g. of Bi(NO -5H O, 1200 g. of ammonium molybdate and 70 g. of ammonium metavanadate, are calcined separately in a mufile at 450 to 500 C. and then mixed.
- a catalyst is obtained consisting of a mixture of oxides of vanadium, molybdenum and bismuth.
- the active part so obtained is mixed with 1 kg. of celite, kneaded with water, extruded and reduced into pellets.
- the catalyst so prepared is charged, after drying, into the reactor constituted by a steel tube, and is activated in situ with air for 8 hours at 500 C.
- EXAMPLE 2 2700 g. of Bi(NO -5H O are dissolved in 300 ml, of nitric acid diluted with one liter of water. Another solution is prepared apart by dissolving 1200 g. of ammonium molybdate (81% of M00 and 70 g. of metavanadate of ammonium in 1 liter of water saturated with ammonia, then diluting the Whole with 1500 ml. of water. After having heated the two solutions up to C., the second solution is added to the first one, keeping the whole under stirring. A sludgy paste of brown colour is obtained which when cooled and washed with water and dried, shows on analysis the following results:
- the active part so obtained is mixed with 1 kg. of kieselguhr and with water: the paste so prepared is extruded and reduced into pellets. These are dried and calcined in a muflle at 450 to 500 C. for 12 hours.
- One liter of the catalyst so prepared is charged into the same synthesis reactor of Example 1 and then activated by a stream of oxygen at 510 C. for 8 hours.
- the volumetric ratios in the feed between refinery gas, ammonia, air and water are 1/ 1/ 3.5/20.
- the yield of useful products is 79% (again calculated with respect to the unsaturated compounds).
- a process for the production of acrylonitrile in which a refinery gas consisting essentially of C H +C H in a molar ratio range of 0.6% to 3.7%, of C H in a molar ratio range of 11.8% to 22.1%, of C H in a molar range of 19.2% to 28.9%, of iso C H in a molar range of 12.5% to 18.6%, of C H in a molar ratio range of 8.2% to 20.1% and of C H in a molar ratio range of 22.7% to 33.3%, the sum total of said components in the gas being essentially is reacted with ammonia and oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst consisting essentially of a mixture of bismuth oxide, molybdenum oxide, and vanadium oxide, where the vanadium content is between 0.5 and 3%, the reaction being conducted at a temperature between 450 C. and 525 C. and for from 0.5 to 30 seconds.
- a refinery gas consisting essentially of C H +C H
- reaction time is less than ten seconds.
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US3492248A (en) * | 1965-06-30 | 1970-01-27 | Snam Progetti | Molybdenum - bismuth - vanadium ternary compounds useful as oxidation catalysts |
US3541129A (en) * | 1966-08-12 | 1970-11-17 | Ube Kogyo Kk | Process for the preparation of acrylonitrile |
US3875204A (en) * | 1972-08-01 | 1975-04-01 | Sir Soc Italiana Resine Spa | Process for the production of acrylonitrile |
US4565658A (en) * | 1979-12-17 | 1986-01-21 | Monsanto Company | Oxidation and ammoxidation process |
US5220090A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1993-06-15 | Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. | Method for preparing unsaturated compounds |
US5220049A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1993-06-15 | Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. | Method for preparing unsaturated compounds |
US5268497A (en) * | 1992-02-24 | 1993-12-07 | The Boc Group, Inc. | Process for the production of nitriles |
US5756802A (en) * | 1995-09-11 | 1998-05-26 | Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. | Ammoxidation process for producing acetonitrile |
US20090032057A1 (en) * | 2007-02-01 | 2009-02-05 | Henkel Corporation | Acid inhibitor compositions for metal cleaning and/or pickling |
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US3142697A (en) * | 1961-05-31 | 1964-07-28 | Shell Oil Co | Production of lower aliphatic nitriles |
US3161670A (en) * | 1960-12-12 | 1964-12-15 | Shell Oil Co | Preparation of olefinic compounds |
US3164627A (en) * | 1960-03-09 | 1965-01-05 | Asahi Chemical Ind | Method for preparing unsaturated aliphatic nitriles |
US3173957A (en) * | 1961-08-21 | 1965-03-16 | Eastman Kodak Co | Process for the preparation of acrolein |
US3186955A (en) * | 1962-05-28 | 1965-06-01 | Standard Oil Co | Bismuth-molybdenum oxidation catalyst promoted with a ba-si oxide mixture |
US3226421A (en) * | 1961-07-14 | 1965-12-28 | Edison Soc | Catalytic process for the preparation of nitriles |
US3232978A (en) * | 1961-11-30 | 1966-02-01 | Toyo Rayon Co Ltd | Preparation of acrylonitrile |
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US3164627A (en) * | 1960-03-09 | 1965-01-05 | Asahi Chemical Ind | Method for preparing unsaturated aliphatic nitriles |
US3161670A (en) * | 1960-12-12 | 1964-12-15 | Shell Oil Co | Preparation of olefinic compounds |
US3142697A (en) * | 1961-05-31 | 1964-07-28 | Shell Oil Co | Production of lower aliphatic nitriles |
US3226421A (en) * | 1961-07-14 | 1965-12-28 | Edison Soc | Catalytic process for the preparation of nitriles |
US3173957A (en) * | 1961-08-21 | 1965-03-16 | Eastman Kodak Co | Process for the preparation of acrolein |
US3232978A (en) * | 1961-11-30 | 1966-02-01 | Toyo Rayon Co Ltd | Preparation of acrylonitrile |
US3186955A (en) * | 1962-05-28 | 1965-06-01 | Standard Oil Co | Bismuth-molybdenum oxidation catalyst promoted with a ba-si oxide mixture |
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US3492248A (en) * | 1965-06-30 | 1970-01-27 | Snam Progetti | Molybdenum - bismuth - vanadium ternary compounds useful as oxidation catalysts |
US3541129A (en) * | 1966-08-12 | 1970-11-17 | Ube Kogyo Kk | Process for the preparation of acrylonitrile |
US3875204A (en) * | 1972-08-01 | 1975-04-01 | Sir Soc Italiana Resine Spa | Process for the production of acrylonitrile |
US4565658A (en) * | 1979-12-17 | 1986-01-21 | Monsanto Company | Oxidation and ammoxidation process |
US5220090A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1993-06-15 | Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. | Method for preparing unsaturated compounds |
US5220049A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1993-06-15 | Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. | Method for preparing unsaturated compounds |
US5321186A (en) * | 1989-11-15 | 1994-06-14 | Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc. | Method for preparing unsaturated compounds |
US5268497A (en) * | 1992-02-24 | 1993-12-07 | The Boc Group, Inc. | Process for the production of nitriles |
US5756802A (en) * | 1995-09-11 | 1998-05-26 | Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. | Ammoxidation process for producing acetonitrile |
US20090032057A1 (en) * | 2007-02-01 | 2009-02-05 | Henkel Corporation | Acid inhibitor compositions for metal cleaning and/or pickling |
US8278258B2 (en) | 2007-02-01 | 2012-10-02 | Henkel Ag & Co. Kgaa | Acid inhibitor compositions for metal cleaning and/or pickling |
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GB1065552A (en) | 1967-04-19 |
CH441287A (it) | 1967-08-15 |
CA759474A (en) | 1967-05-23 |
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