Partial oxidation of {alpha}-olefins over iron antimony oxide - influence of carbon number
- Univ. of Cape Town, Rondebosch (South Africa)
Iron antimony oxide is a well known catalyst for the partial oxidation of propane and 1-butene. Kinetic studies of the partial oxidation of {alpha}-olefins (C{sub 2}-C{sub 9}) revealed that the activity showed a maximum at C{sub 4}. The main products of the partial oxidation of {alpha}-olefins (larger than C{sub 2}) are the conjugated alkenal (acrolein) and dienes. The selectivity to these desired products decreases with increasing chain length probably caused by both the decrease in number of allylic hydrogen atoms and the shielding of them. Ethene could only be oxidized at relatively high temperatures (over 450{degrees}C) and the only observed products were CO and CO{sub 2} indicating the need for the presence of allylic hydrogen for low temperature selective partial oxidation. Increasing the carbon number increases the yield of CO and CO{sub 2} due to shielding of the allylic hydrogen.
- OSTI ID:
- 370154
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-; TRN: 96:003805-0205
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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