A novel single step synthesis of nicotinamide by β-picoline ammoxidation over MoO3 and CuO oxide catalysts
Abstract
Ammonia up-take has been correlated directly, for the first time, with the selective formation of nicotinamide on MoO3 and CuO; nicotinonitrile on V2O5; CO2 and H2O on Bi2O3 catalysts, with a possible mechanism during ammoxidation of β-picoline.