2 Alternative routes to more sustainable acrylonitrile: biosourced acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile is an important chemical compound in the chemical industry. It has numerous applications such as in textiles, for carbon fibers, for plastics (e.g., acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) and in water treatment (after conversion to acrylamide). The most common process to produce acrylonitrile is the propylene ammoxidation (oxidation of propylene in presence of ammonia), although recently propane ammoxidation was also implemented.