Acrylonitrile (also called acrylic acid nitrile, propylene nitrile, vinyl cyanide, and propenoic acid nitrile) is among the top 50 chemicals produced in the United States. It is used as a starting material for a wide range of chemical and polymer products. Acrylonitrile is an unsaturated molecule having a carbon‐carbon double bond conjugated with a nitrile group. It is miscible in a wide range or organic solvents, eg, acetone, benzene, carbon tetrachloride, toluene, etc. Acrylonitrile is produced commercially almost exclusively by the vapor‐phase catalytic propylene ammoxidation process. Interest in the use of propane as the feedstock is increasing because of the high cost of propylene. Acrylonitrile undergoes a wide range of reactions at its two chemically active sites, the nitrile group and the carbon‐carbon double bond. Acrylontirile is highly toxic . It will polymerize violently in the absence of oxygen if initiated by heat, light pressure, peroxides or strong acids and bases. The principal uses of acrylonitrile are in the production of acrylic fiber, acrylonitrile‐butadiene‐styrene (ABS) resins, adiponitrile, nitrile rubbers, elastomers, styrene‐acrylonitrile resins (SAN), acrylamide, and polyacryonitrile