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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilson Tam, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Kristina Ann Kreutzer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Ronald James McKinney, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ; C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
556 13 ; 556138 ; 558338 ; 568 12 ; 502162 ;
Abstract
Processes for hydrocyanation of nonconjugated acyclic aliphatic monoolefins, monoolefins conjugated to an ester group, or monoolefins conjugated to a nitrile group which utilize a catalyst precursor composition comprising a bidentate phosphite ligand and zero-valent nickel preferably in the presence of a Lewis acid promoter. Catalyst precursor compositions are also disclosed.