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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1976
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2602949 ;
Abstract
A process for preparing 3-cyanopyridine by the ammoxidation of 2-methyl-5-ethylpyridine which comprises reacting 2-methyl-5-ethylpyridine with ammonia and oxygen in the vapor phase at an elevated temperature, using a specific catalyst consisting of a low-area carrier on which has been deposited vanadium oxide and other specific metal oxides, the reaction being carried out in the copresence of steam.