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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graham J Hutchings, Middlesbrough, GB;
Raymond Higgins, Middlesbrough, GB;
Assignee:
Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
26034675 ; 2603464 ;
Abstract
Catalysts for the oxidation of hydrocarbons to acid anhydrides, for example maleic and phthalic anhydrides, are prepared from a vanadium/phosphorus mixed oxide precursor by conditioning it by contact with a strong acid of concentration at least 3N and solvent extraction to remove unwanted phases. The treated precursor is converted to a catalytically active form by heating. Novel catalysts containing phase X are produced. The catalysts may contain rare earth metal promoters.