PROCESS FOR THE OXIDATION OF ETHANE TO ACETIC ACID AND ETHYLENE

摘要

A mixed metal oxide catalytic system for producing olefins and carboxylic acids from lower alkanes comprising a catalyst composition having the formulawherein:X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of W and Mn;Y is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Pd, Sb, Ca, P, Ga, Ge, Si, Mg, Nb, and K;a is 1;b is 0.01 to 0.9;c is >0 to 0.2;d is >0 to 0.5;e is >0 to 0.5; andz is an integer representing the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy the valency of Mo, V, Al, X, and Y.