Oxidation propene to acrolein

Idol first reported in 1959 that bismuth molybdenum oxides, compounds found in the Sohio patents for ammoxidation of propene to acrylonitrile, selectively oxidize propene to acrolein. Since that original discovery, Monsanto has developed its own proprietary catalyst composition for ammoxidation of propene to acrylonitrile. 

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