Liquid-Phase Hydration of Acrylonitrile on Skeletal Copper Catalysts Prepared from Cu-Ti and Cu-Zr Amorphous Alloys

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.66.2133

Liquid-phase hydration of acrylonitrile has been carried out on the skeletal copper catalysts which were prepared by treating pulverized amorphous Cu-Ti and Cu-Zr alloys with an HF solution.The catalysts from amorphous alloys were more effective to produce acrylamide selectively than those from crystalline alloys.This high activity was brought about by the highly homogeneous structure of the amorphous alloys.