Patent AT-E400548-T1: [Translated] METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUNDS CONTAINING NITRILE FUNCTIONS FROM ETHYLENETIC UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS

A compound having site(s) of ethylenic unsaturation is hydrocyanated by reacting with hydrogen cyanide in presence of catalytic system comprising metallic element associated with organophosphorus ligands. The catalytic system comprises first ligand such as monodentate organophosphites and second ligand such as pluridentate organophosphorus ligands. Hydrocyanation of compounds having site(s) of ethylenic unsaturation comprises reaction with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalytic system and optionally co=catalyst comprising Lewis acid. The catalytic system comprises a metallic element having catalytic activity associated with organophosphorus ligands such as organophosphonites, organophosphinites, organophosphines, or organophosphoramides. The catalytic system comprises first ligand(s) such as monodentate organophosphites and second(s) ligand such as pluridentate organophosphorus ligands.