US Patent 7161021 Process for producing a polynitrile compound

In a process for producing a polynitrile compound comprising introducing a polysubstituted organic compound (POC) which is a carbon ring or heterocyclic compounds having a plurality of organic substituents into a reactor with ammonia and a gas containing oxygen and ammoxidizing POC in the presence of a catalyst, at least a portion of the unreacted POC and a mononitrile compound of an intermediate product in the reaction gas discharged from the reactor is separated, recovered and recycled to the reactor so that the flow rate of the mononitrile compound at the outlet of the reactor is 2 to 16% by mole of the total flow rate of POC and the mononitrile compound supplied to the reactor.