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Monitoring of the carbon-monoxide formation in treatment of 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropionitrile with sulfuric-acid

M. Polievka and A. Halmová

Research Institute for Petrochemistry, 971 01 Prievidza

Abstract: In reaction of 2-hydroxy-2-methyIpropionitrile with an excess of sulfuric acid (100 mass %) carbon monoxide is formed and its formation depends on both temperature (measured at 90—140 °C) and water content in the starting nitrile.

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Chemical Papers 39 (4) 559–563 (1985)