摘要 |
1284458 Oxidation catalysts MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES Ltd 18 Aug 1969 [23 Aug 1968 14 Sept 1968] 41172/69 Heading B1E [Also in Division C2] A catalyst composition for use in the liquid phase oxidation of propylene to propylene oxide comprises (a) elemental arsensic or a compound thereof and, optionally, (b) a polycyano compound having the skeleton wherein n is a positive integer. Suitable arsenic compounds are arsenic oxides, for example arsenic trioxide (i.e. arsenous acid) and arsenic pentoxide, inorganic arsenites, inorganic arsenates, arsines, for example triphenyl arsine and monobutoxyarsine, and arsenous acid esters, for example trimethylarsenite, tricyclohexylarsenite and triphenylarsenite; suitable polycyano compounds are 1,2,3,4-tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene and derivatives thereof, for example alkali metal salts, alkaline earth metal salts, noble metal salts, amine salts and phenyl derivatives, and tetracyanoquinodimethane, tetracyanoethylene and derivatives thereof. Exemplified compositions comprise tricyclohexylarsenite and tetracyanoethylene (Examples 5 and 10), tricyclohexylarsenite and the sodium salt of tetracyanobutadiene (Examples 6 and 9), arsenous acid and tetracyanoethylene (Example 7) and triphenylarsine and tetracyanoethylene (Example 8). |