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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
S Erik Pedersen, Havertown, PA (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26034675 ; 252437 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of maleic anhydride in high yield and selectivity which comprises partially oxidizing an unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon selected from 1-butene, 2-butene and 1,3-butadiene or mixtures thereof in the vapor phase at elevated temperatures with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a single phase vanadium(IV)bis(metaphosphate) catalyst having the formula VO(PO.sub.3).sub.2. Preferably the reaction is carried out in the presence of steam to enhance the selectivity to maleic anhydride.