Selective oxidation of propene on bismuth molybdate and mixed oxides of tin and antimony and of uranium and antimony

Abstract

Propene +¹⁸O₂ reactions have been studied in a static reaction system on bismuth molybdate and mixed oxides of tin and antimony and of uranium and antimony. The [¹⁶O]acrolein content of the total acrolein formed and the proportion of ¹⁶O in the oxygen of the carbon dioxide by-product have been determined. The results indicate that for each catalyst the lattice is the only direct source of the oxygen in the aldehyde, and that lattice and/or gas phase oxygen is used in carbon dioxide formation. Oxygen anion mobility appears to be greater in the molybdate catalyst than in the other two.