Renewable acrylonitrile production

We present a process for renewable ACN production using 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), which can be produced microbially from sugars. The process achieves ACN molar yields exceeding 90% from ethyl 3-hydroxypropanoate (ethyl 3-HP) via dehydration and nitrilation with ammonia over an inexpensive titanium dioxide solid acid catalyst. 

Source: Organometallic Current - December 8, 2017 Category: Chemistry Tags: Ti catalyzed Source Type: blogs