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What are the by products produced in the manufacture of acrylonitrile from Propylene-ammonia-air oxidation process?(a) Cumene and acetone(b) Cumene and acetonitrile(c) Acetonitrile and hydrogen cyanide(d) Cumene and hydrogen cyanideI got this question by my school principal while I was bunking the class.Origin of the question is C3 Compounds in section Synthetic Organic Chemical Industries of Chemical Technology

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The CORRECT CHOICE is (C) Acetonitrile and hydrogen cyanide

The best explanation: Hydrogen cyanide and acetonitrile are produced in the product stripper reactor which further goes into a purifying column. For one ton as BASIS AROUND 0.09 and 0.08 tons of acetonitrile and hydrogen cyanide is produced respectively.



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