IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE SELECTIVE (AMM)OXIDATION OF LOWER MOLECULAR WEIGHT ALKANES AND ALKENES

摘要

An improved process for the production of unsaturated carboxylic acids and unsaturated nitriles from their corresponding C3 to C5 alkanes, or mixtures of C3 to C5 alkanes and alkenes, that involves a multi-stage reaction system which employs both separation of the oxidation product from one or more intermediate effluent streams, as well as feeding additional oxygen to reaction zones subsequent to the first reaction zone.