An (amm)oxidation catalyst is made by forming an aqueous slurry containing the molybdate of at least one of the elements in the group consisting of cobalt, nickel and iron, a bismuth oxide or salt, and optionally a phosphate radical and an ion of an element selected from the group consisting of sodium, potassium and calcium, and thereafter separating the solid phase from the slurry and calcining said solid phase to form the catalyst

Production of (amm)oxidation catalyst

High yields of unsaturated nitriles are obtained by the oxidation of olefin-ammonia mixtures in the presence of a catalyst comprising the oxides of bismuth, molybdenum, iron and at least one element of the Group II B metals as essential components, and optionally the oxides of cobalt, nickel, phosphorus, arsenic and an alkali metal.

Catalyst for the manufacture of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile

High yields of unsaturated nitriles are obtained by the oxidation of olefin-ammonia mixtures in the presence of a catalyst comprising the oxides of bismuth, molybdenum, iron and at least one element of the Group II metals as essential components, and optionally the oxides of cobalt, nickel, phosphorus, arsenic and an alkali metal.

Process for the manufacture of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile

The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of tertiary-butyl-containing compounds to methacrylic derivatives, and more particularly to a process for the conversion of tertiary-butyl-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of alkyl tertiary-butyl ethers, tertiary-butyl alcohol, isobutylene dimer (2,2,4-trimethylpentene) and isobutylene trimer, to methacrolein, methacrylic acid or methacrylonitrile.

Preparation of methacrylic derivatives from tertiary-butyl-containing compounds

Catalysts containing iron, molybdenum, bismuth and nickel, cobalt, magnesium, zinc, cadmium, calcium or beryllium have been found to give especially large volumes of acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile in a given time when manganese, antimony, thorium, zirconium, yttrium or mixtures thereof are incorporated into the catalyst.

Production of unsaturated nitriles

IN THE PREPARATION OF UNSATURATED NITRILES BY CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF PROPYLENE OR ISOBUTYLENE WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF AMMONIA USING A CATALYST COMPRISING OXIDES OF MOLYBDENUM, BISMUTH AND IRON, THE RESULTING UNSATURATED NITRILES ARE IPROVED IN YIELD BY USE OF A NOVEL CATALYST PREPARED BY INCORPORATING OXIDES OF COBALT AND ALKALI METALS (AT LEAST ONE OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM) INTO SAID CATALYST IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE ATOMIC RATIO OF MO/BI/FE/CO/NAT (OR K) MAY BE 12 1-11/1-9/1-6 0.5-2, WHEREIN THE SUM OF ATOMS OF BI AND CO IS CONTROLLED WITHIN 6-12, PREFERABLY 12/3.5-7/29/2-5/1/1. THE CATALYST IS USEFUL AS AN INDUSTRIAL CATALYST HAVING A HIGH CATALYST ACTIVITY AS WELL AS LONG LIFE, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR USE IN A FLUIDIZEDBED REACTOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF UNSATURATD NITRILES FROM PROPYLENE AND ISOBUTYLENE.

T Dozono

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Catalyst for preparation of unsaturated nitriles