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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
David L Childress, Angleton, TX (US);
William V Hayes, Clute, TX (US);
Richard L Poppe, Clute, TX (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562535 ; 252456 ; 252464 ; 252467 ; 252469 ; 562534 ; 562547 ; 568479 ;
Abstract
A method for preparing acrylic acid by oxidation of acrolein over a new and improved catalyst providing conversions of acrolein of greater than 99% with yields of acrylic acid in excess of 95%. The catalyst consists essentially of the oxides of molybdenum, vanadium, chromium, copper and titanium and optionally silicon on an inert carrier. Catalysts useful in the process contain the elements previously mentioned in the atomic ratios of