Browdy and Neimark
Process for producing cyanopyridines
 A process for producing a cyanopyridine which comprises reacting the corresponding methylpyridine, ammonia and an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a vanadium oxide, a chromium oxide, a boron oxide and optionally a phosphorus oxide and/or molybdenum oxide held on silica is disclosed. According to the present invention, the reactivity of the raw material and the yield of the reaction product are high. 
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
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C07D
inventional
Koichiro Hisasi Masao Kengo
Yamada Imai Saito Tsukahara