Characterisation of the structure of adsorbates: An in situ DRIFTS-study of the partial oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes on Mo/V oxide catalysts

✍ Scribed by Kai Krauß; Alfons Drochner; Michael Fehlings; Jan Kunert; Herbert Vogel

• Book ID: 104421125
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 220 KB
• Volume: 162
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/s1381-1169(00)00333-2

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MorV oxides are interesting catalyst materials for the selective partial oxidation of unsaturated aldehydes acrolein and . methacrolein to the corresponding carboxylic acids. Two catalyst systems -a mixed oxide and a heteropolyacid saltwere investigated by in situ DRIFT-spectroscopy. Using a novel DRIFTS cell, in which both the catalyst powder and the Ž . Ž . reference KBr were in the same reaction chamber, we are able to detect different adsorbates of meth acrolein and Ž . meth acrylic acid under reaction gases. The investigations showed that in the case of the adsorption of acrolein and methacrolein a significant difference in the structure of corresponding adsorbates could not be proved. This indicates that the reaction mechanism of the selective partial oxidation should be the same for both aldehydes. With these kind of investigations we gain access to a deeper insight into the reaction mechanism.