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The Andrussov Oxidation is an organic reaction describing the oxidation of methane in the presence of oxygen, ammonia, and a platinum catalyst to produce hydrogen cyanide.^[1]^[2]

CH₄ + NH₃ + 1.5O₂ → HCN + 3H₂O

The reaction was discovered by Leonid Andrussow in 1927. HCN is also produced in the BMA process.

[edit] References

^ Leonid Andrussow (1927). "Über die schnell verlaufenden katalytischen Prozesse in strömenden Gasen und die Ammoniak-Oxydation (V)". Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 60 (8): 2005–2018. doi:10.1002/cber.19270600857.
^ L. Andrussow (1935). "Über die katalytische Oxydation von Ammoniak-Methan-Gemischen zu Blausäure (The catalytic oxidation of ammonia-methane-mixtures to hydrogen cyanide)". Angewandte Chemie 48 (37): 593–595. doi:10.1002/ange.19350483702.

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