The Standard Oil Company

Bp America

Fernando A Cavalcanti

James Frank Brazdil, Jr

Linda C Brazdil

Noel L Bremer

James F Brazdil

Joseph P Padolewski

Disclosed is a process comprising the heat treatment of certain V and Sb-containing catalysts at a lower temperature than the previous calcination temperature of the base catalyst to improve catalytic performance; the catalysts resulting from such process; and certain oxidation and ammoxidation reactions in the presence of such a catalyst.

Method of improving catalyst activity, improved catalysts and their use

A method of making a promoted vanadium antimony oxide catalyst comprising reacting a monoperoxovanadium ion while in aqueous solution with the antimony compound wherein the improvement comprises adding the antimony compound to the aqueous slurry in at least two steps.

Method for preparing vanadium antimony oxide based oxidation and

The process for the ammoxidation of a C.sub.3 to C.sub.5 paraffinic hydrocarbon to its corresponding .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated hydrocarbon comprising reacting the C.sub.3 to C.sub.5 paraffinic hydrocarbon with ammonia and oxygen in a fluid bed reactor at a temperature of between 250.degree. C. to 600.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst having the empirical formula as follows:

Paraffin ammoxidation using vanadium antimony oxide based catalysts with

The process of manufacturing a catalyst having the following empirical formula:

Growing community of inventors

South Euclid, OH, United States of America

Fernando A Cavalcanti