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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventor:
Johan Björn Mattias Holmberg, Perstorp, SE;
Assignee:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, England, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 45/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 45/38 (2013.01); C07C 45/38 (2013.01); C07C 47/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
The process of the invention is a process for the production of an aldehyde from the corresponding alcohol comprising the steps of feeding to a reactor a feed stream comprising said alcohol and an oxygen-containing gas; reacting said alcohol in the gas phase with said oxygen-containing gas in said reactor in the presence of a catalyst comprising oxides of iron and molybdenum, wherein the process further comprises the step of adding water to said feed stream. The process is particularly useful for the production of formaldehyde by the oxidation of methanol.