Abstract: A mixed oxide catalyst precursor comprising vanadium and phosphorus treated in finely divided form with phosphoric acid and water soluble compound of aluminum and/or boron to improve resistance to attrition.

Abstract: A process for oxidizing a hydrocarbon to maleic anhydride using a mixed oxide catalyst of vanadium and phosphorous prepared by a procedure including pretreating the dried catalyst precursor of the said mixed oxides in finely divided form with an acid solution.

Abstract: A mixed oxide catalyst precursor comprising vanadium and phosphorus treated in finely divided form with phosphoric acid and water soluble compound of aluminum and/or boron to improve resistance to attrition.

Abstract: Mixed oxide catalyst of vanadium and phosphorus prepared by a procedure including pretreating the dried catalyst precursor of the said mixed oxides in finely divided form with an acid solution.

Abstract: There is provided an improvement in the process for the preparation of organic monoesters of vicinal glycols and the corresponding free glycols by reacting an olefin with oxygen, water and a carboxylic acid, in the liquid phase, at an initial pH of lower than 7, the improvement comprising contacting the reaction mixture with a catalyst system consisting essentially of (i) iodine or an iodine compound selected from the group consisting essentially of copper iodide, manganese iodide, cerium iodide, an alkali metal iodide, an alkali earth metal iodide and the iodohydride of the olefin, (ii) a copper compound selected from the group consisting essentially of copper oxide, copper hydroxide, copper carbonate, copper iodide, and a copper salt of the carboxylic acid, and (iii) an activating ion selected from the group consisting of manganese cation, cerium cation, an alkali metal cation, an alkaline earth metal cation, nitric anion or a mixture of any of the foregoing, wherein the molar ratio of the carboxylic acid t

Abstract: The present invention concerns a process for preparing of alkylene carbonates, and more particularly it relates to a process for the direct preparation of alkylene carbonates from olefines.More particularly, the present invention relates to a direct process for the preparation of alkylene carbonates, characterized in that an olefine selected from the group consisting of linear olefines and cyclic olefins having from 2 to 15 carbon atoms is reacted in a liquid phase with carbon dioxide in the presence of a gas selected from the group of oxygen and air and in the presence of a catalytic system consisting of:A. iodine in a form selected from the group consisting of elementary iodine, alkali metal iodides, alkaline earth metal iodides, iodides of a metal selected from the group consisting of groups IB, IIB, IIIA, IIIB, IVA, VA, VIIB, and VIII of the periodic table and iodohydrines of the olefine reactant, and ofB.