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Oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated acids

US4111983A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 1973
Grant dateSep 5, 1978
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Expiry dateOct 18, 1993

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J2523/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An improved process for catalytically oxidizing alpha-beta unsaturated aliphatic aldehydes in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to produce alpha-beta unsaturated carboxylic acids using a catalyst composition which has been thermally activated in the presence of ammonia, and which comprises the elements Mo, V, W, Cr and Cu.

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