Noritaka Mizuno, Hiromi Ishige, Yasuhiro Seki, Makoto Misono, Don-Jin Suh, Wonchull Han and Tetsuichi Kudo
The title reaction is catalysed by Pd0.08Cs2.5H1.34PVMo11O4 0 at temperatures as low as 423–593 K, and the catalytic rate, which reached a maximum at 573 K, is 1.2 × 10-4 mol h-1 g-1, ca. 3 × 102 times higher than FePO4, the most active catalyst previously reported.