Catalyst for producing methacrylic acid
US4172051A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 19, 1977 |
| Grant date | Oct 23, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 19, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2523/00
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention relates to a process and catalyst for producing methacrylic acid by the oxidation of methacrolein. More specifically, it relates to a process for producing methacrylic acid from methacrolein by oxidizing the same with molecular oxygen or molecular oxygen-containing gas, which is characterized by the use of a composition, as a catalyst, having a heteropolyacid structure and the general formula: EQU Mo.sub.a V.sub.b P.sub.c Al.sub.d Y.sub.e O.sub.f wherein Mo, V, P, Al and O represent respectively molybdenum, vanadium, phosphorus, aluminum and oxygen, Y represents one or more elements selected from the groups consisting of copper, tine, cobalt, iron, zirconium, thorium, lead and cerium, and suffixes a, b, c, d, e and f represent the atomic ratio of the elements where, a is 10, b is a number of 3 or less than 3 excluding 0 and, preferably, 0.5 to 2, c is a number of 0.5 to 10 and, preferably, 0.5 to 3, d is a number of 3 or less than 3 excluding 0, preferably, 0.01 to 1.0, e is a number of 0 to 3, preferably, 0.01 to 0.5, and f is usually a number of 35 to 80 being determined depending on the valency and the ratio of number of atoms of other elements.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.