Interaction | Reaction | Process     Data Page

Butene can be oxidised to maleic anhydride with oxygen over a vanadium pentoxide catalyst. Very short residence times are employed.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

  +  
2.5
O2
  +  
V2O5
         
  +  
2
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
1,3-Butadiene, s-trans     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Vanadium(V) oxide Catalyst    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Maleic anhydride     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Cyclisation
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent

© Mark R. Leach 1999 –


Queries, Suggestions, Bugs, Errors, Typos...

If you have any:

Queries
Comments
Suggestions
Suggestions for links
Bug, typo or grammatical error reports about this page,

please contact Mark R. Leach, the author, using mark@meta-synthesis.com