POLYMER-PROTECTED COPPER COLLOIDS AS CATALYSTS FOR SELECTIVE HYDRATION OF ACRYLONITRILE
- 5 July 1983
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Chemistry Letters
- Vol. 12 (7) , 1047-1050
- https://doi.org/10.1246/cl.1983.1047
Abstract
Stable colloidal dispersion of copper in water is prepared by the reduction of copper sulfate with sodium tetrahydroborate in the presence of poly(vinylpyrrolidone), poly(vinyl alcohol), dextrin, or poly(methyl vinyl ether). The poly(vinylpyrrolidone)-protected copper colloids are effective for the selective catalysis in hydration of acrylonitrile to acrylamide at 80°C in water.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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