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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shuzo Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Ichihashi, Niihama, JP;
Yoshihiko Nagaoka, Niihama, JP;
Koichi Nagai, Niihama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568471 ; 568481 ; 568479 ; 568480 ;
Abstract
In the production of methacrolein by vapor phase catalytic oxidation of isobutylene and/or t-butyl alcohol, an improved process for suppressing the amount of acetone to be by-produced which comprises contacting a gaseous mixture comprising isobutylene or t-butyl alcohol, molecular oxygen and steam with a metal oxide catalyst composition comprising molybdenum and bismuth as the essential metal components, the amount of steam in the gaseous mixture being kept to be not more than 4 mol per mol of isobutylene or not more than 3 mol per mol of t-butyl alcohol.