acrylonitrile
| Colourless liquid compound used in the production of acrylic fibres and synthetic rubbers. It polymerizes by a free radical mechanism in the presence of an appropriate catalyst. Commercially, the polymer is woven, and the yarn is known as Orlon. |
| Acrylonitrile is made by reacting propene, ammonia, and air with a catalyst at 450°C/842°F, a process developed in the 1960s from research into ways of utilizing a worldwide surplus of propene derived from ethene manufacture. |
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