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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Basf SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Michael Krämer, Wadern, DE;
Jürgen Zühlke, Speyer, DE;
Stefan Altwasser, Stuttgart, DE;
Nico Frederik Fischer, Mannheim, DE;
Frank Rosowski, Berlin, DE;
Hans-Martin Allmann, Neunkirchen, DE;
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a catalyst for preparing carboxylic acids and/or carboxylic anhydrides, which has a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in series and has been produced using a vanadium antimonate having a maximum content of crystalline valentinite of 5% by weight. The present invention further relates to a process for gas-phase oxidation in which a gas stream comprising at least one hydrocarbon and molecular oxygen is passed through a catalyst which has a plurality of catalyst zones arranged in series and has been produced using a vanadium antimonate having a maximum content of crystalline valentinite of 5% by weight.