Alkane oxidation reactions, mixed metal oxides oxide catalyst

Bulk Mixed-Metal Oxide Catalysts for Alkane Ammoxidation Reactions... 

A further report of the oxidation ability of manganese nodules is that of Nitta.53 Several reactions were carried out with natural manganese oxide nodules including oxidative dehydrogenations of alkanes and cycloalkanes, reduction of NO, total oxidation of CO, and use in the gettering of metal and mixed metal ions. For example, nodules were found to have a tremendous capacity for adsorption of heavy metals and toxic metals like Pb2+, and Hg2+. in addition, nodules have been used to sequester metals that are present in petroleum fractions that can contain metals like V and Ni. These metals can cause degradation of the fluid cracking catalysts even at levels as low as 1 ppm. 

Indeed, more complex catalysts are required for partial oxidation reactions. Although several catalytic systems have been studied in the last twenty years, a very limited number of catalysts have been reported for industrial or pre-industrial use. In fact, in addition to V-P-0 catalysts (based on vanadyl pyrophosphate), the unique catalyst used for an alkane oxidation industrialized process, only V-Sb- and MoVTe(Sb)NbO-based mixed-metal oxides have been proposed as sufficiently effective catalysts for the propane ammoxidation process. In both cases pilot plants using the latter catalysts have been announced on the bases of their catalytic results. 

Ml phase " represents the clearest example of a multifunctional catalyst in which each element, in close geometrical and electronic synergy with the surrounding elements, plays a specific role in turn, as an isolated active site, in every reaction step for the alkane transformation into the partial oxidation product desired. The flexibility of the structure allows modification of the catalyst composition and hence its catalytic behavior. Moreover, this type of mixed-metal oxide catalyst has the ability to catalyze other different oxidation reactions starting from alkanes, such as propane oxidation to acrylic acid, " oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane to ethylene, and n-butane selective oxidation. ... 

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