Abstract:
A catalyst useful in preparing o-phthalodinitrile from o-xylene comprises antimony oxide and vanadium oxide and/or antimony vanadate. The antimony oxide is present as Beta -antimony tetroxide.
Abstract:
1,2-Unsaturated carboxylic acids having carbonyl compound impurities are separated by binding the carbonyl compounds with inorganic, aliphatic or aromatic amines and then distilling the acids.
Abstract:
A catalyst useful in preparing nitriles from alkyl substituted aromatic and heteroaromatic hydrocarbons comprises a mixture of antimony oxide and tungsten oxide which have been pretreated by heating from 650* to 1100* C. Compounds of manganese, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper or, preferably, vanadium can also be present.
Abstract:
A catalyst useful in preparing nitriles from alkyl substituted aromatic and heteroaromatic hydrocarbons comprises a mixture of antimony oxide and tungsten oxide which have been pretreated by heating from 650* to 1100* C. Compounds of manganese, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper or, preferably, vanadium can also be present.
Abstract:
Catalysts for the reaction of acrolein with ammonia to form pyridine and 3-methylpyridine are prepared by treating a compound of the elements Al, F and O and at least one element of the second, third or fourth group of the periodic system with oxygen at 550* to 1,200*C.
Abstract:
There is provided a process for the recovery of acrylic acid and acrolein from the gas mixture resulting from the catalytic gas phase oxidation of propylene or acrolein by washing the gas mixture with liquids in which at first the acrylic acid is dissolved at higher temperature and then the acrolein is dissolved at lower temperature. The improvement comprises washing the gas mixture for the separation of the acrylic acid at temperatures from about 60* to 120* C. with a washing liquid which is a mixture of water and organic liquid and then washing the gas mixture with a washing liquid which is water or a mixture of water and organic liquid at temperatures between 0* and 30* C. The organic liquid used has a higher boiling point than acrylic acid, does form an azeotrope with water alone, but does not form an azeotrope with acrolein or a mixture of water and acrolein, has slight miscibility with water and forms a solution with acrylic acid in which the acrylic acid has an activity coefficient of less than about 1.5.
Abstract:
Catalyst for the oxidation of an Alpha , Beta -unsaturated aldehyde to an Alpha , Beta -unsaturated carboxylic acid, said catalyst comprising (A) a mixture of oxides of the elements antimony, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten and/or compounds of said elements and oxygen, and (B) at least one oxide or oxygen containing compound of the elements lead, silver, copper, tin, titanium or bismuth, said catalyst having an atomic ratio of antimony to molybdenum to vanadium to tungsten to Group (B) elements of about 1 - 60 : 12 : 0.5 - 25 : 0.1 - 12 : 0.1 - 12. Processes for the use and preparation of the catalysts are provided.
Abstract:
Alpha , Beta -unsaturated aldehydes are oxidized to Alpha , Beta -unsaturated carboxylic acids by contacting the Alpha , Beta -unsaturated aldehyde with air or oxygen and steam at 200*350*C and at atmospheric or elevated pressure in the presence of a catalyst so as to convert the aldehyde to the corresponding carboxylic acid. The catalyst comprises a mixture of oxides of the elements antimony, molybdenum, vanadium and tungsten and/or compounds of said elements and oxygen wherein the atomic ratio of the elements is as follows: 1 to 60 : 12 : 0.5 to 25 : 0.1 to 12. The catalyst is made by intimately mixing under agitation aqueous solutions or suspensions of the oxides or other compounds, for instance antimony oxide, ammonium molybdate, ammonium vanadate and ammonium tungstate, and possibly a carrier material and preferably bringing the mixture to boiling point, then separating the catalyst mass from the aqueous phase, drying it and calcining it at 225*-275*C, followed by heating in air for 15-60 minutes at 350*-475*C.