Patents Represented by Law Firm Stevens, Davis, Miller & Moshher
  • Method for the production of acrylamide
    Patent number: 4365091
    Abstract: A method for the production of acrylamide by a catalytic hydration of acrylonitrile characterized by using a compound oxide catalyst which is prepared by a precipitation process and represented by the formula,Ti.sub.a X.sub.b Y.sub.c O.sub.dwherein Ti is titanium, X is one of zinc, cadmium and copper, Y is either nickel or lanthanum and the atomic ratios a, b and c are 15 to 98, 2 to 85 and 0 to 20, respectively and d is the number of oxygen atoms satisfying the valence of the other elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1982
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takenaka Masaaki, Tsutomu Takahashi, Tatuya Momobayashi