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APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL
Volume 316, Issue 2, Pages 142-151Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2006.08.029
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epoxidation; propylene oxide; silica-supported molybdenum oxides; post-catalytic reaction; radical reaction
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It was found that silica-supported molybdenum oxide was high effective for the epoxidation of propylene among various silica-supported metal oxides. The post-catalytic bed volume played an important role in its formation. On a MoOx/SiO2 with 0.255 mmol/g-SiO2, a propylene conversion of 17.6% and a PO selectivity of 43.6% were obtained at 5 atm, 573 K and flow rates of C(3)H6/O-2/He = 10/5/10 cm(3) min(-1). The characterization studies indicated that crystalline MoO3 nano-particle species was more effective for propylene epoxidation to PO than molecularly dispersed Mo oxide species. The reaction mechanism of propylene epoxidation on MoOx/SiO2 catalysts is hypothesized to involve gas-phase radicals generated at relatively low temperature by the dispersed molybdenum oxide species. These radicals participated in homogeneous reactions with molecular oxygen to produce propylene oxide. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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