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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; B01J 2/7188 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; B01J 2/7188 ;
Abstract
A catalyst used in a process for preparing maleic anhydride by heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase oxidation of a hydrocarbon having at least four carbon atoms by means of oxygen-containing gases comprises a catalytically active composition comprising vanadium, phosphorus and oxygen and has a essentially hollow cylindrical structure in which (a) the ratio of the height h to the diameter of the continuous hole d is not more than 1.5 and (b) the ratio of the geometric surface area A to the geometric volume V is at least 2 mm .