IP Library Granted Patent US 8,389,760
Granted Patent B2
US 8,389,760 · App. 13/291,732 · Granted Mar 5, 2013

Palladium-containing catalyst, method for producing same, and method for producing α, β-unsaturated carboxylic acid

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Patent No.
US 8,389,760
App. No.
13/291,732
Granted
Mar 5, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst which enables to produce an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid in high selectivity from an olefin or an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. Also disclosed are a method for producing such a catalyst and a method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid using such a catalyst. Specifically disclosed is a palladium-containing catalyst containing 0.001 to 0.25 mole of antimony element to 1 mole of palladium element or a palladium-containing catalyst containing palladium element which composes a metal, tellurium element, and bismuth element.

Claims (22)

1. A method for producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid, comprising:

oxidizing at least one of an olefin and an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde with molecular oxygen, wherein the oxidizing is carried out in the liquid phase with a reduced palladium-containing catalyst, and

wherein the reduced palladium-containing catalyst comprises palladium, tellurium and bismuth,

wherein the molar ratio of the bismuth element to the palladium element, Bi/Pd, in the palladium-containing catalyst is from 0.002 to 0.26.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reduced palladium-containing catalyst comprises from 0.002 to 0.30 mole of tellurium per mole of palladium.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reducing a compound containing palladium with a reducing agent to form the reduced palladium-containing catalyst.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reducing a compound containing tellurium to form the reduced palladium-containing catalyst.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

simultaneously reducing a compound containing palladium and a compound containing tellurium to form the reduced palladium-containing catalyst.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

reducing a compound comprising palladium to form the reduced palladium-containing catalyst after impregnating a carrier with the compound containing palladium.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reduced palladium-containing catalyst comprises from 0.003 to 0.25 mole of tellurium per mole of palladium.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

mixing a compound containing palladium and a compound containing tellurium, wherein each of the compound containing palladium and the compound containing tellurium are in an oxidized state, to form a mixture, then

reducing the mixture to form the reduced palladium-containing catalyst.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing is carried out on at least one olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene and isobutylene.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the oxidizing is carried out on an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde selected from the group consisting of acrolein, methacrolein, crotonaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde and mixtures thereof.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the molar ratio of bismuth element to palladium element, Bi/Pd, is from 0.003 to 0.10.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the palladium-containing catalyst is present on a carrier during the oxidizing.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the carrier is silica.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 5, 2017
From: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
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