Mitsubishi Kasei Corporation

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Atsushi Kayo

Kazunori Oshima

Takashi Ushikubo

Itaru Sawaki

Ken-ichi Kiyono

Tiaki Umezawa

Hiroya Nakamura

Masakatsu Hatano

A catalyst for the production of a nitrile from an alkane, which satisfies the following conditions 1 and 2:

Catalyst for the production of nitriles

A process for producing a nitrile, which comprises subjecting an alkane and ammonia in the gaseous state to catalytic oxidation in the presence of a catalyst which satisfies the following conditions of (1) and (2):

Process for producing nitriles

Disclosed herein is a process for producing a nitrile which comprises subjecting an alkane to a gas-phase catalytic oxidation reaction with ammonia in the presence of a complex oxide solid catalyst composed of molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium and niobium. According to the process of the present invention, it is possible to produce the objective nitrile at a high selectivity without using a halide, water, etc., moreover, at a relatively low temperature of about 350.degree. to 480.degree. C., particularly about 400.degree. to 450.degree. C.

Catalytic conversion of alkanes to nitriles, and a catalyst therefor

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Atsushi Kayo