Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylates of C17-alcohol mixtures by reacting (meth)acrylic acid with a C17-alcohol mixture in the presence of at least one acidic catalyst and of at least one polymerization inhibitor and in the presence of a solvent which, with water, forms an azeotrope in which the esterification is performed in a reactor with a circulation evaporator, the azeotrope is distilled off and condensed, and the condensate splits into an aqueous phase and an organic phase, wherein the C17-alcohol mixture has a mean degree of branching (iso index) of 2.8 to 3.7.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for charging a reactor with a catalyst, to the resulting charged reactors, and to the use thereof for carrying out catalytic gas phase reactions.

Abstract: A process for preparing at least one partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation product of a hydrocarbon by partially dehydrogenating at least one saturated hydrocarbon H under heterogeneous catalysis and using the resulting product gas mixture A, which comprises the partially dehydrogenated hydrocarbon H, as such or in modified form for heterogeneously catalyzed partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation of the partially dehydrogenated hydrocarbon present in the product gas mixture A, said process including at least one mechanical separating operation inserted between the product gas mixture A and the heterogeneously catalyzed partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation.

Abstract: A process for preparing (meth)acrylic esters (E) of alcohols (A) comprising polyalkoxy groups, in which alcohols (A) which comprise polyalkoxy groups and are of the formula (I) RO—[(CH2)mO]n—H ??(I) in which m is an integer from 1 to 10, n is an integer from 1 to 100 and R is a straight-chain saturated or unsaturated alcohol having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, are transesterified with at least one (meth) acrylic ester (D) in the presence of at least one inorganic salt (S).

Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propylene to acrylic acid in the absence of propane as an inert diluent gas, in which, in the starting reaction gas mixture, cyclopropane is substantially avoided as an impurity and crude propylene is used additionally as a propylene source.

Abstract: A process for preparing annular unsupported catalysts by thermally treating annular shaped unsupported catalyst precursor bodies, wherein the side crushing strength of the annular shaped unsupported catalyst precursor bodies is ?12 N and ?23 N; such precursor bodies per se; annular unsupported catalysts having a specific pore structure; and a method of using such annular unsupported catalysts for the catalytic partial oxidative preparation in the gas phase of (meth)acrolein.

Abstract: An annular unsupported catalyst for the heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propene to acrolein at a propene hourly space velocity on the fixed catalyst bed of ?120 1 (STP)/1·h and a total CO2 and saturated hydrocarbon content of the starting reaction gas mixture of below 15 mol %, the catalysts of the fixed catalyst bed are the annular unsupported catalysts whose active composition is a multimetal oxide in which the molar Co/Fe ratio=from 2 to 4 and the molar Co/Mo ratio=from 0.3 to 0.7.

Abstract: A process for preparing silylated monocarboxylic acids by reacting C2-C10-monocarboxylic acids with halosilanes of the general formula (I) SiHal4-xRx??(I) in which Hal is a halogen atom selected from the group of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, R is independently hydrogen, Cl-C10-alkyl or aryl and x is an integer of 0 to 3 to form hydrogen halide in the presence of an auxiliary base, wherein the auxiliary base and the hydrogen halide form a salt which forms two immiscible phases with the product of value or the solution of the product of value in a suitable solvent and is removed.

Abstract: A process for producing geometric shaped catalyst bodies K whose active material is a multielement oxide of stoichiometry [BiaZ1bOx]p[BicMo12FedZ2eZ3fZ4gZ5hZ6iOy]1, in which a finely divided oxide BiaZ1bOx and, formed from element sources, a finely divided mixture of stoichiometry BicMo12FedZ2eZ3fZ4gZ5hZ6i are mixed in a ratio of p:1, this mixture is used to form shaped bodies and these are treated thermally, where 0<c?0.8.

Abstract: A process for making acrylic acid from acrolein; a process for making methacrylic acid from methacrolein; and a process for making acrylic acid from propane.

Abstract: A process for making acrylic acid from acrolein; a process for making methacrylic acid from methacrolein; and a process for making acrylic acid from propane.

Abstract: Catalytically active multielement oxide materials which contain at least one of the elements Nb and W and the elements Mo, V and Cu are prepared by a process in which an intimate dry blend containing ammonium ions is prepared and said dry blend is subjected to a thermal treatment in an atmosphere having a low molecular oxygen content at elevated temperatures, a portion of the ammonium ions contained in the intimate dry blend being decomposed with liberation of ammonia and the oxygen content of the thermal treatment atmosphere being increased in the course of the thermal treatment.

Abstract: A process for recharging the reaction tubes of a tube bundle reactor with a new fixed catalyst bed, in which a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic compound had been performed beforehand in a preceding fixed catalyst bed comprising Mo-comprising multielement oxide active compositions to form a steam-comprising product gas mixture, in which, before the recharge, solid deposit which had been deposited on the tube inner walls and comprises molybdenum oxide and/or molybdenum oxide hydrate is brushed away with the aid of a brush.

Abstract: A process for operating an exothermic heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic starting compound in a tube bundle reactor cooled with a fluid heat carrier, in which an increase in the loading of the fixed catalyst bed disposed in the reaction tubes with the organic starting compound is preceded by an increase in the inlet temperature of the fluid heat carrier into the space surrounding the reaction tubes.

Abstract: A process for starting-up a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of acrolein to acrylic acid or of methacrolein to methacrylic acid over a fixed catalyst bed disposed in a tube bundle reactor cooled by a heat exchange medium, wherein the temperature of the heat exchange medium is ?290° C. and the temperature of that reactor plate surface which faces the reaction gas entry mixture and the temperature of the reaction gas entry mixture itself are ?285° C.

Abstract: A process for preparing an organic target compound by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of an organic precursor compound with molecular oxygen in two oxidation reactor lines operated in parallel and removal of the target compound from the mixture of the product gas streams in a workup line, wherein the catalysts charge of one of the oxidation lines comprises a portion of catalyst over which the heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation has already been carried out for longer than over the portions of catalyst of the catalyst charge of the other oxidation reactor line.

Abstract: A process for preparing an organic target compound by heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of an organic precursor compound with molecular oxygen in two oxidation reactor lines operated in parallel and removal of the target compound from the mixture of the product gas streams in a workup line, wherein the catalyst charge of one of the oxidation lines comprises a portion of catalyst over which the heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation has already been carried out for longer than over the portions of catalyst of the catalyst charge of the other oxidation reactor line.

Abstract: In a process for preparing at least one partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation product of propylene, the propylene is obtained from crude propane by dehydrogenating and subjected in the presence of unconverted propane as a constituent of a gas mixture 2 which comprises a total C4-hydrocarbon content of ?3% by volume to a heterogeneously catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation and/or partial gas phase ammoxidation.

Abstract: Process for preparing at least one partial oxidation and/or ammoxidation product of propylene, in which the propylene is produced from crude propane by dehydrogenation and is subjected to a heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation and/or partial gas-phase ammoxidation in the presence of unreacted propane as constituent of a gas mixture 2 containing <1% by volume of 1-butene.

Abstract: A process for heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of propylene to acrylic acid in the absence of propane as an inert diluent gas, in which, in the starting reaction gas mixture, cyclopropane is substantially avoided as an impurity and crude propylene is used additionally as a propylene source.