摘要 |
Toluene and toluene derivatives are oxidatively dehydrocoupled to produce stilbene and stilbene derivatives by heating toluene or a toluene derivative in the vapor phase with a metal- and oxygen-containing composition which functions as an oxidant or oxygen carrier and has the empirical formula SbaPbbBicOd WHEREIN A IS 1, B IS 0.2 - 10, C IS 0 - 5 AND D IS A NUMBER TAKEN TO SATISFY THE AVERAGE VALENCES OF THE Sb, Pb and Bi in the oxidation states in which they exist in said composition. Alternatively, the same metal- and oxygen-containing composition can be employed as a catalyst for the dehydrocoupling reaction when oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas is heated with the hydrocarbon reactant. |