Abstract:
THE PREPARATION OF AN OXIDATION CATALYST IS DESCRIBED, REPRESENTED BY THE FOLLOWING GENERAL FORMULA:
NIACOBFECBIDLEMHMOFOG
IN WHICH L IS PHOSPHOROUS, ARSENIC OR BORON AND M IS POTASSIUM, RUBIDIUM OR CESIUM; AND WHEREIN A AND B HAVE A VALUE OF FROM 0 TO 15, A+B BEING 2 TO 15, C IS 0.5 TO 7, D IS 0.1 TO 4, E IS 0 TO 4, F IS 12, G IS 35 TO 85 AND H IS 0.01 TO 0.5. THE OXIDATION CATALYST IS USEFUL IN A PROCESS TO PRODUCE ACROLEIN BY OXIDIZING PROPYLENE IN VAPOR PHASE.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing acrylic acid by oxidizing acrolein and to an oxidation catalyst. More particularly, the present invention relates to a catalyst and a process for preparing acrylic acid by oxidizing acrolein or a mixed acrolein gas obtained by vapor phase oxidation of propylene with molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst of the empirical formula: