The present invention relates to a catalyst composition consisting of oxide complexes of vanadium, molybdenum and copper plus an additional metal oxide selected from the group consisting of antimony and germanium or mixtures thereof. These catalysts are especially useful for producing acrylic acid from acrolein and for producing methacrylic acid from methacrolein.
A modified carrier carrying on at least a part of an inert carrier surface an oxide which is represented by the formula (1): X.sub.a Y.sub.b Z.sub.c O.sub.d (wherein X is at least an element selected from alkaline earth metals; Y is at least an element selected from Si, Al, Ti and Zr; Z is at least an element selected from Group IA elements and Group IIIb elements of the periodic table, B, Fe, Bi, Co, Ni and Mn; and O is oxygen; a, b, c and d denote the atomic ratios of X, Y, Z and O, respectively, where a=1, 0<b.ltoreq.100, 0.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.10, and d is a numerical value determined by the extents of oxidation of the other elements) is provided. A catalyst formed with the use of this modified carrier carrying a complex oxide containing Mo and V is useful as a vapor phase catalytic oxidation catalyst, and is particularly suitable as a catalyst for preparing acrylic acid through vapor phase catalytic oxidation of acrolein.
A modified carrier carrying on at least a part of an inert carrier surface an oxide which is represented by the formula (1): X.sub.a Y.sub.b Z.sub.c O.sub.d (wherein X is at least an element selected from alkaline earth metals; Y is at least an element selected from Si, Al, Ti and Zr; Z is at least an element selected from Group IA elements and Group IIIb elements of the periodic table, B, Fe, Bi, Co, Ni and Mn; and O is oxygen; a, b, c and d denote the atomic ratios of X, Y, Z and O, respectively, where a=1, 0<b.ltoreq.100, 0.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.10, and d is a numerical value determined by the extents of oxidation of the other elements) is provided. A catalyst formed with the use of this modified carrier carrying a complex oxide containing Mo and V is useful as a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation catalyst, and is particularly suitable as a catalyst for preparing acrylic acid through vapor phase catalytic oxidation of acrolein.
A vapor phase catalytic process for making acrylic acid from acrolein by oxidation thereof with molecular oxygen, optionally in the presence of steam. A new catalyst comprising a complex oxide catalyst of Mo, V and Zr.
The present invention relates to a process for the production of unsaturated aliphatic acids and the catalyst therefore, by the vapor phase oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes with molecular oxygen, optionally in the presence of steam, in the presence of an oxidation catalyst consisting of the oxides of the elements molybdenum, vanadium, rhenium, plus at least one of the oxides of magnesium, copper and cadmium.
The present invention relates to a process for the production of unsaturated aliphatic acids and the catalyst therefore, by the vapor phase oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes with molecular oxygen, optionally in the presence of steam, in the presence of an oxidation catalyst consisting of the oxides of the elements molybdenum, vanadium, rhenium, plus at least one of the oxides of magnesium, copper and cadmium.