Oxidative dehydrogenation of alkenes or alkadienes to furan compounds
AssigneeGAF Corporation
InventorsR. Parthasarathy, Eugene V. Hort
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Abstract
Alkenes and/or alkadienes are contacted with molecular oxygen and an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst consisting essentially of silver, molybdenum and oxygen, with the silver-to-molybdenum atom ratio being in the range of about 0.25:1 to about 10:1 to produce furan compounds.
Claims4
A process which comprises reacting at least one unsaturated acyclic feed hydrocarbon selected from the group consisting of alkenes and alkadienes having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms, with oxygen in contact with a catalyst consisting essentially of silver, molybdenum and oxygen, with the silver-to-molybdenum atom ratio being in the range of 0.25:1 to about 10:1, under suitable vapor-phase reaction conditions for the conversion of said at least one unsaturated acyclic feed hydrocarbon to at least one furan compound having the formula ##STR2## wherein each R is individually selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and alkyl radicals having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the total carbon atoms in the R radicals being in the range of 0 to 6;
- and recovering at least a portion of the furan compounds thus produced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.