Characteristics of Iron Phophate as a Catalyst for Partial Oxidation

Abstract
The catalytic performances of iron phosphate were compared with those obtained from the phosphates of vanadium and molybdenum in the partial oxidation of various compounds, such as 1-butene, crotonaldehyde, methacrylaldehyde, propinaldehyde, butyraldehyde, isobutyraldehyde, propionic acid, butyric acid, and isobutyric acid. Iron phosphate showed excellent performance for only the oxidative dehydrogenation of isobutyraldehyde and isobutyric acid to form methacrylaldehyde and methacrylic acid, respectively.