Mitsubishi Rayon Company, Limited

Masaaki Kato

Masao Kobayashi

Motomu Oh-Kita

Kazuhiro Ishii

Hideo Matsuzawa

Hiromichi Ishii

Masatake Kamogawa

Tetsuya Uno

Naoto Osuga

Yoshiyuki Taniguchi

Toshiharu Nakano

Tooru Kuroda

Hiroshi Sonobe

Junji Furuse

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a process for the production of deuterated acrylic acid or deuterated methacrylic acid comprising the exchange of hydrogens in acrylic acid or methacrylic acid with deuteriums in the presence of a catalyst. The deuterated acrylic or methacrylic acid is very useful as a starting material in the production of high quality optical plastic fibers.

Process for the production of deuterated acid or deuterated methacrylic

The invention provides a process for industrially and advantageous production of methacrolein and methacrylic acid which comprises subjecting isobutylene or tert-butanol to gas phase catalytic oxidation with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst having the composition represented by the following formula:

Process for production of methacrolein and methacrylic acid

The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a catalyst used in the production of unsaturated carboxylic acids such as methacrylic acid by the gas phase catalytic oxidation of the corresponding unsaturated aldehydes such as methacrolein. Said catalyst is composed of a multi-component composition containing at least phosphorus, molybdenum and antimony. The present invention has attained an improved in its catalytic performance such as conversion rate, selectivity, single-pass yield etc. by using antimony trioxide with average particle size of no more than 0.2 micron as a starting material upon preparing said catalyst.

Process for the preparation of catalyst used in the production of

There is provided the improved process for the production of deutrated methyl acrylate or methacrylate by the direct substitution of deuterium for hydrogens in methyl acrylate or methacrylate in the presence of a platinum Group metal catalyst.

Process for the production of deuterated methyl acrylate or deuterated

The present invention provides a process for the production of methacrolein and methacrylic acid by the gas phase catalytic oxidation of isobutylene or t-butanol at high temperature using molecular oxygen in the presence of catalyst consisting of molybdenum, tungsten, bismuth, iron, nickel, antimony, and an alkali metal, to which zinc or lead is added, and further phosphorus sulfur, silicon, selenium, germanium or boron, and magnesium, cobalt, manganese or tin are added.

Process for the production of methacrolein and methacrylic acid

A method for regenerating a phosphorus-, molybdenum- and alkali metal-containing oxidation catalyst spent in the production of an unsaturated carboxylic acid by vapor-phase oxidation of an unsaturated aldehyde, which comprises treating the deactivated catalyst with aqueous ammonia and an aqueous solution containing at least one of a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, an amine, and ammonium carbonate, followed by drying and calcining the treated catalyst.

Method for regeneration of oxidation catalyst

Disclosed is a process for producing methacrylic acid from methacrolein in high yields and at high selectivity which comprises vapor phase catalytic oxidation of methacrolein with molecular oxygen, characterized by using a catalyst represented by the formula: P.sub.a Mo.sub.b V.sub.c Cu.sub.d Zn.sub.e A.sub.f B.sub.g C.sub.h D.sub.i O.sub.j wherein P, Mo, V, Cu, Zn and O represent phosphorus, molybdenum, vanadium, copper, zinc and oxygen, respectively, A represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of antimony and iron, B represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, sulfur, selenium, scandium and gallium, C represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of potassium, rubidium, cesium and thallium, D represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of tungsten, magnesium, chromium, maganese, zirconium, tin, tantalum, bismuth, cerium, cadmium and boron, a-j indicate the atomic ratio of the respective elements and when b is 12, a is 0.1-3, c is 0.01-3, d is 0.01-3, e is 0.01-3, f is 0.1-5, g is 0.001-5, h is 0.01-3 and is 0-5 and j indicates the number of oxygen atoms necessary to satisfy valences of the respective elements.

Process for producing methacrylic acid

Process for the production of methacrylic acid

A process for improving the operating characteristics of a phosphorous-, molybdenum-, and oxygen-containing catalyst used for the production of an unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase catalytic oxidation of a corresponding unsaturated aldehyde, comprising the step of calcinating the catalyst at a temperature of 300.degree.-500.degree. C. while a gas containing 0.05-3 vol. % of ammonia and/or steam is passed over the catalyst.

Process for the calcination of phosphorus-molybdenum catalyst

A phosphorus-molybdenum-alkali metal-containing catalyst for the gas-phase oxidation of an unsaturated aldehyde to an unsaturated carboxylic acid is regenerated by treating it with an aqueous solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide or ozone.

Method for regenerating an oxidation catalyst

The gas phase catalytic oxidation of an unsaturated aldehyde with molecular oxygen at 240.degree. to 390.degree. C to give the corresponding unsaturated carboxylic acid is conducted in the presence of a catalyst represented by the following formula:

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