Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalytically active composition comprising as active component Pd and Bi and at least one element selected from the group (a) consisting of Rh, Au, Sb, V, Cr, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Na, Cs and Ba, or Pd, Rh and Bi and optionally an element selected from the group (a?) consisting of Au, Sb, V, Cr, W, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Pt, Cu, Ag, Na, Cs, Mg, Ca and Ba. The present invention further provides a process for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons, preferably oxo-functionalized hydrocarbons such as cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone and isovaleraldehyde, using the catalytically active composition.

Abstract: A coated catalyst whose coating of active composition is a multimetal oxide comprising the elements Mo, V and Te and/or Sb can be used for the gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propane to acrylic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 4-vinylcyclohexene, which comprises the steps (A) providing an n-butane-containing feed gas stream, (B) feeding the n-butane-containing feed gas stream into at least one dehydrogenation zone and dehydrogenating n-butane to butadiene to give a product stream comprising butadiene, n-butane, possibly 1-butene and 2-butene and possibly water vapor and other secondary constituents, (C) feeding the product stream from dehydrogenation, if appropriate after separating off water vapor and secondary constituents, into a dimerization zone and catalytically dimerizing butadiene to give a product stream comprising 4-vinylcyclohexene, n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene, and (D) separating off 4-vinylcyclohexene from the product stream from the dimerization and recirculating n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene to the dehydrogenation zone.

Abstract: A process for preparing shaped catalyst bodies whose active composition is a multielement oxide, in which a finely divided precursor mixture is shaped to a desired geometry with addition of boron nitride and subsequently treated thermally.

Abstract: A multimetal oxide of the formula I, Aga-cQbMcV2Od*eH2O,??I where a is from 0.3 to 1.9, Q is an element selected from among P, As, Sb and/or Bi, is from 0 to 0.3, M is a metal selected from among Nb, Ce, W, Mn, Ta, Pd, Pt, Ru and/or Rh, c is from 0.001 to 0.5, with the proviso that (a-c)?0.1, d is a number which is determined by the valence and abundance of the elements other than oxygen in the formula I and e is from 0 to 20, and also precatalysts and catalysts produced therefrom for the partial oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons are described.

Abstract: A multimetal oxide material contains the elements Mo, V and Te and/or Sb and at least one of the elements Nb, Ti, W, Ta and Ce and promoters and has a specific X-ray diffraction pattern. Moreover, such a multimetal oxide material is used as a catalyst for heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidations of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: The sequential production of a library of N different solids, in particular heterogeneous catalysts, where N within a day is an integer of at least 2, is performed by a) producing at least two different sprayable solutions, emulsions and/or dispersions of elements and/or element compounds of the chemical elements present in the catalyst and optionally of dispersions of inorganic support materials, b) continuously metering the at least two different solutions, emulsions and/or dispersions in a predefined ratio into a mixing apparatus in which the solutions, emulsions and/or dispersions are homogeneously mixed, c) continuously drying the mixture removed from the mixing apparatus and recovering the dried mixture, d) changing the ratios in step b) and repeating steps b), c) and d) (N-1) times until N different dried mixtures are obtained, e) optionally shaping and optionally calcining the mixtures to give the solids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel structured catalyst bed which optionally comprises at least one part bed comprising at least one catalytically active mixture of oxides of the main group metals and transition metals and additionally comprises at least one catalytically active part bed comprising at least silver, at least one alkali metal and a porous support material and finally and necessarily at least one catalytically active part bed comprising at least one alkali metal phosphate and at least one sheet silicate.

Abstract: The array of heterogeneous catalysts and/or their precursors, is made up of a body which has, preferably parallel, through-channels and in which at least n channels comprise n different heterogeneous catalysts and/or their precursors, where n is 2, preferably 10, particularly preferably 100, in particular 1000, especially 10,000.

Abstract: A process for preparing a multimetal oxide material which contains the elements Mo, V and Te and/or Sb and at least one of the elements Nb, Ti, W, Ta and Ce and if desired promoters and has a specific X-ray diffraction pattern, in which process the last process step comprises washing with acidic liquids. In addition, a multimetal oxide material obtainable in such a way is used as a catalyst for heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidations and/or ammoxidation of hydrocarbons.

Abstract: A process for the heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of acrolein to acrylic acid over a multimetal oxide material having a specific structure, which contains the elements Mo and V, at least one of the elements Te and Sb and at least one of the elements from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, W and Ti and is doped with promoter elements, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing butadiene from n-butane comprising the steps (A) providing an n-butane-containing feed gas stream, (B) feeding the n-butane-containing feed gas stream into a first dehydrogenation zone and nonoxidatively catalytically dehydrogenating n-butane to 1-butene, 2-butene and optionally butadiene to obtain a first product gas stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without butadiene and secondary components, (C) feeding the first product gas stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without butadiene and secondary components, into a second dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to butadiene to give a second product gas stream comprising butadiene, n-butane and steam, with or without secondary components, (D) recovering butadiene from the second product gas stream.

Abstract: In a process for the preparation of acrylic acid by heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase oxidation of propene with molecular oxygen in a reaction zone, the catalytically active material is a multimetal oxide which contains the elements Mo, V, Te and/or Sb and has a specific structure.

Abstract: A coated catalyst whose coating of active composition is a multimetal oxide comprising the elements Mo, V and Te and/or Sb can be used for the gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propane to acrylic acid.

Abstract: A coated catalyst whose coating of active composition is a multimetal oxide comprising the elements Mo, V and Te and/or Sb can be used for the gas-phase catalytic oxidation of propane to acrylic acid.

Abstract: A process for preparing maleic anhydride by heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase oxidation of an n-butene-containing hydrocarbon stream by means of oxygen-containing gases in a shell-and-tube reactor having two successive reaction zones, where the first, feed-side reaction zone contains at least one catalyst which is suitable for the oxydehydrogenation of n-butenes to 1,3-butadiene and the second, product-side reaction zone contains at least one catalyst which is suitable for the oxidation of 1,3-butadiene to maleic anhydride, is carried out using a shell-and-tube reactor which has at least one heat transfer medium circuit in the region of the first, feed-side reaction zone and at least one further heat transfer medium circuit in the region of the second, product-side reaction zone.

Abstract: A process for the hydrothermal preparation of Mo- and V-comprising multimetal oxide materials, substantially exclusively sources from the group consisting of oxides, hydrated oxides, oxygen acids and hydroxides being used as sources of the elemental constituents of the multimetal oxide material, and a portion of the sources comprising the elemental constituent contained with an oxidation number which is below its maximum oxidation number.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyetherol which comprises reacting at least one alkylene oxide with at least one starter compound in the presence of a catalyst of the formula I: M1p[M2qOn(OH)2(3?n)]x??(I), and to the polyetherols prepared by such a process and to their use for the synthesis of polyurethanes, as fuel additive or as surfactant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing butadiene from n-butane comprising the steps (A) providing an n-butane-containing feed gas stream, (B) feeding the n-butane-containing feed gas stream into a first dehydrogenation zone and nonoxidatively catalytically dehydrogenating n-butane to 1-butene, 2-butene and optionally butadiene to obtain a first product gas stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without butadiene and secondary components, (C) feeding the first product gas stream comprising n-butane, 1-butene and 2-butene, with or without butadiene and secondary components, into a second dehydrogenation zone and oxidatively dehydrogenating 1-butene and 2-butene to butadiene to give a second product gas stream comprising butadiene, n-butane and steam, with or without secondary components, (D) recovering butadiene from the second product gas stream.

Abstract: Multimetal oxide materials containing molybdenum, vanadium, copper and antimony and one or more specific other metals and having a multicomponent structure are used for the gas-phase catalytic oxidative preparation of acrylic acid from acrolein.