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Title: Mechanism for oxidation of n-butane to maleic anhydride on a vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst

Journal Article · · Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5735196

The values of the kinetic isotope effect have been determined in reactions where n-butane is converted to partial (maleic anhydride) and complete oxidation products on a vanadium-phosphorus oxide catalyst when hydrogen is replaced by deuterium in different positions of the n-butane molecule. The absence of intra- and intermolecular H-D exchange in butane under conditions of its catalytic oxidation has been established. On the basis of the observed effects it has been concluded that the interaction of n-butane with the surface of the catalyst is irreversible under the conditions of catalysis and that the rate-limiting stage due to cleavage of the C-H bond in a methylene group of butane is common to reactions of partial and complete oxidation of butane.

Research Organization:
L. Ya. Karpov Scientific-Research Institute of Physical Chemistry, Moscow, USSR
OSTI ID:
5735196
Journal Information:
Kinet. Catal. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 27:6; Other Information: Translated from Kinet. Katal.; 27: No. 6, 1495-1499(Nov-Dec 1986)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English