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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chitoor S. Subramaniam, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Zheng Wang, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Creanova Inc., Somerset, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
Abstract
An improved process for the commercial production of malononitrile by the dehydration of cyanoacetamide employs cyanuric chloride in the presence of a catalytic amount of N,N-dimethylformamide and in a polar solvent that is removed by vacuum distillation at a temperature below 100° C. The N,N-dimethylformamide is added in a molar ratio of 0.16 moles for each mole of cyanoacetamide present in the starting solution.