Montedipe S.p.a.

Montedison S.p.a.

Giuseppe Leofanti

Mario Padovan

Paolo Roffia

Alberto Cesana

Guido Petrini

Maria Angela Mantegazza

Giordano De Alberti

Giancarlo Battiston

Fausto Genoni

Francesco Pignataro

Giordano DeAlberti

Giorgio R Tauszik

The invention concerns a catalytic process for the manufacture of oximes by ammoximation of the corresponding carbonyl compounds, characterized in that the catalyst is a solid composition consisting of silicon, titanium and oxygen, chemically combined with each other, and in that the titanium amount, expressed as TiO.sub.2, ranges from 1 to 95% by weight, the XR diffractogam of said composition being a smooth-trend line (halo), typical of the amorphous solids.

Catalytic process for the manufacture of oximes

The invention concerns a catalytic process for the manufacture of oximes by reaction, in the liquid phase, of the corresponding carbonylic compounds with NH.sub.3 and H.sub.2 O.sub.2, in which process the catalyst is substantially consisting of a crystalline material with a zeolitic structure containing silicon and titanium, subjected, before use, to an activating treatment with H.sub.2 O.sub.2.

A process is disclosed for preparing unsaturated carboxylic acids consisting essentially in reacting in the vapor phase an unsaturated aldehyde with molecular oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas, at a temperature ranging from 200.degree. to 370.degree. C., in the presence of a solid catalyst, with a contact time between 0.5 and 5 seconds, characterized in that the catalyst consists essentially of molybdenum, vanadium, cobalt, and optionally tungsten, these elements being chemically combined with oxygen and the atomic ratios of the elements being represented by the empirical formula Mo.sub.12 V.sub.a W.sub.b Co.sub.c O.sub.d

Process for preparing unsaturated carboxylic acids by the catalytic

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