AMMOXIDATION OF HYDROCARBONS AND HYDROGENATED METALLO OXYNITRIDE CATALYSTS THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention relates to a process for the ammoxidation of a hydrocarbon, comprising contacting the hydrocarbon with ammonia and molecular oxygen in the presence of a hydrogenated metallo oxynitride catalyst.The invention further relates to a hydrogenated metallo oxynitride compound characterized by the empirical formula (1): Aly M< alpha >1-b O[3+ alpha (1-n)-x+c]/2 Nx/3 Hc and to a process for the preparation of a hydrogenated metallo oxynitride compound and the use of said compound.