EXHIBIT 23(b)

                     INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

The Board of Directors
Solutia Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration
statements (Nos. 333-34561, 333-34587, 333-34589, 333-34591, 333-34593,
333-34683, 333-35689, 333-47911, 333-51081, 333-74463, 333-74465,
333-32112 and 333-39972) on Form S-8 of Solutia Inc. and the
registration statements (Nos. 333-75812, 333-89818, and 333-99705) on
Form S-3 of Solutia Inc. of our report dated January 30, 2004, relating
to the consolidated balance sheets of Astaris LLC and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 2003 and 2002, and the related statements of operations,
changes in members' equity/(deficit), and cash flows for each of the
years in the two year period ended December 31, 2003, which report
appears in the December 31, 2003 annual report on Form 10-K/A of Solutia
Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

St. Louis, Missouri
March 18, 2004