Vapor phase oxidation of butane producing maleic anhydride and acetic acid
AssigneeCelanese Corporation
InventorsWilliam Earl Slinkard, Anthony Basil Baylis
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Abstract
A vapor phase process is provided for high yield conversion of C.sub.4 -hydrocarbons to maleic acid (anhydride) and acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprising a reduced calcined coprecipitate of a molybdenum compound and a phosphorus compound, and optionally the catalyst includes one or more compounds of metal elements selected from titanium, vanadium, niobium and bismuth.
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A process for producing maleic acid anhydride which comprises contacting butane, oxygen in the range between about 0.05 and 5.0 mol per mol of butane and water in the vapor phase at a temperture between about 180.degree. C and 350.degree. C with a reduced molybdenum catalyst wherein said molybdenum catalyst consists essentially of a catalyst prepared by reducing a calcined mixture of molybdenum compound coprecipitated with phosphorus compound.
A process for producing maleic acid anhydride which comprises contacting butane, oxygen in the range between about 0.05 and 5.0 mol per mol of butane and water in the vapor phase at a temperature between about 180.degree. C and 350.degree. C with a reduced molybdenum catalyst wherein said molybdenum catalyst consists essentially of a catalyst prepared by reducing a calcined mixture of a molybdenum compound and phosphorus compound coprecipitated with one or more metal compounds selected from the group consisting of a bismuth compound and a niobium compound.
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