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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1991
Tadatoshi Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiko Horiuchi, Yamaguchi, JP;
Jun Kitagawa, Yamaguchi, JP;
Masami Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Kawahara, Yamaguchi, JP;
Hirofumi Io, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A composite oxide catalyst represented by the general formula: Mo-V-P-X-Y (wherein X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Sb, Cu, Co, Bi and As; Y represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of K, Rb, Cs and Tl) and a method for preparing methacrylic acid through gas phase catalytic oxidation of methacrolein with molecular oxygen in the presence of the foregoing catalyst are herein disclosed. The catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic activity, selectivity to methacrylic acid, catalytic stability and lifetime.