Catalyst for the manufacture of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile
AssigneeThe Standard Oil Company
InventorsDev D. Suresh, Maria S. Friedrich, Michael J. Seely
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Abstract
Olefins such as propylene and isobutylene are converted to the corresponding unsaturated nitriles, acrylonitrile, and methacrylonitrile, respectively, by reacting a mixture of the olefin, ammonia, and molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst containing the oxides of bismuth, molybdenum, iron, nickel and magnesium, at least one element selected from the group comprising potassium and cesium, and optionally one element selected from the group comprising cobalt, phosphorus, manganese, tellurium, sodium, cerium, chromium, antimony and tungsten wherein the sum of cesium and potassium is at least 0.1 to 0.4.
Claims4
A catalyst composition comprising a complex of the catalytic oxides of iron, bismuth, molybdenum, nickel, magnesium, cesium, potassium, and optionally one or more of cobalt, manganese, chromium, phosphorous, antimony, tellurium, sodium, cerium and/or tungsten and having the formula:
- A.sub.a K.sub.b Cs.sub.c Mg.sub.d Ni.sub.e Fe.sub.f Bi.sub.g Mo.sub.12 Ox
- wherein
- A is one or more of Co, Mn, Cr, P, Sb, Te, Na, Ce, or W
- wherein
- a is a number from 0 to 5.0;
- b is a number from greater than 0 to 0.4;
- c is a number from greater than 0 to 0.4;
- provided that the sum of b and c is from 0.1 to 0.4;
- d, e, f and g are numbers from 0.2 to 10;
- and
- x is a number determined by the valence requirements of the other elements present.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.