Author(s)

G. A. Bagirzade, D. B. Tagiyev, M. R. Manafov

Azerbaijan Medical University, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Institute of Chemical Problems Named after Academician M. F. Nagiyev, National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Kinetic regularities of 4-phenyl-o-tolunitrile ammoxidation on V-Sb-Bi-Zr/γ-Al₂O₃ oxide catalyst in the temperature interval 633 - 673 K have been studied. It has been established that rates of conversion of 4-phenyl-o-tolu- nitrile into the aimed 4-phenylphthalonitrile and CO₂ are described by half-order equation on concentration of substratum and to be independent of the oxygen and ammonia partial pressures. It has been revealed that formation of 4-phenylphthalimide from byproducts is due to hydrolysis of 4-phenylphthalonitrile; carbon dioxide is produced by oxidation of 4-phenyl-o-tolunitrile and decarboxylation of 4-phenylphthalimide, and 4-phenylben- zonitrile is produced from 4-phenyl-o-tolunitrile and 4-phenylphthalimide.

Catalytic Ammoxidation; Partial Pressures; 4-Phenylphthalimide; Vapor-Phase; Electron-Donorship; Kinetic Measurements

G. Bagirzade, D. Tagiyev and M. Manafov, "Synthesis of 4-Phenylphthalonitrile by Vapor-Phase Catalytic Ammoxidation of Intermediate 4-Phenyl-o-Tolunitrile: Reaction Kinetics," Modern Research in Catalysis, Vol. 3 No. 1, 2014, pp. 6-11. doi: 10.4236/mrc.2014.31002.