| abstract |
Catalysts for the preparation of unsaturated nitriles by the ammoxidation of olefins, such catalysts being oxides of antimony and of tin together with one or more polyvalent metal oxides and one or more monovalent metal compositions of the general formula n n Sb.sub.a Sn.sub.b (Me.sub.c).sub.m (A.sub.d).sub.n O.sub.e (I) n n wherein Me represents a polyvalent metal and A a monovalent metal; a is from one to ten, b is from one to ten, c is from 0.01 to five, and d is from 0.01 to five; m and n are integers equal to or greater than one; and e is the number of oxygen atoms combined with the metallic elements, together with processes for preparing nitriles by ammoxidation of olefins, especially acrylonitrile from propylene, utilizing such ammoxidation catalysts. |