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Process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst

Assignee: Hoechst AG
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Filing: 1976-03-02
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Granted: 1978-06-06
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Expires: 1996-03-02
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Abstract

Abstract A process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst for the oxacylation of olefins in the gaseous phase, which comprises impregnating a catalyst carrier with a solution of a palladium compound drying the catalyst at a temperature of below 90° C until a residual solvent content of less than 8% by weight is attained, and reducing the impregnated catalyst with a gas mixture of inert gas and reducing agent.

Inventors

  • 👤 Hans Fernholz
  • 👤 Gunter Roscher
  • 👤 Hans-Joachim Schmidt
  • 👤 Heinz Schmitz
  • 👤 Friedrich Wunder

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 22:43
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J37/00; B01J37/02; B01J37/0201; B01J37/0203; B01J23/00; B01J23/38; B01J23/40; B01J23/44; B01J23/54; B01J23/56; B01J23/58; C; C07; C07C; C07C67/00; C07C67/04; C07C67/05; C07C67/055

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 92 words
A process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst for the oxacylation of olefins in the gaseous phase, which comprises impregnating a catalyst carrier with a solution comprising a palladium compound dissolved in an unsubstituted carboxylic acid, drying the catalyst at a temperature below 90° C until a residual solvent content of less than 8% by weight is attained, and thereafter reducing the catalyst in a gaseous phase at a temperature of 40° to 260° C by passing a gas mixture containing an inert gas and a reducing agent over the catalyst.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 92 words
A process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst for the oxacylation of olefins in the gaseous phase, which comprises impregnating a catalyst carrier with a solution comprising a palladium compound dissolved in an unsubstituted carboxylic acid, drying the catalyst at a temperature below 90° C until a residual solvent content of less than 8% by weight is attained, and thereafter reducing the catalyst in a gaseous phase at a temperature of 40° to 260° C by passing a gas mixture containing an inert gas and a reducing agent over the catalyst.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises using silicic acid, silica gel, silicates, alumosilicates, active charcoal, aluminum oxide, spinels, zirconium oxide, pumice or silicium carbide as catalyst carrier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the carboxylic acid used as solvent for the palladium compound, contains up to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises using a carboxylate of palladium as the palladium compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 30 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the palladium content of the catalyst is from 0.5 to 5% by weight, calculated on the total mass of the carrier catalyst.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 20 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises using the carboxylates of alkali or alkaline earth metals as activators.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 36 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises using each single activator in an amount corresponding to 0.01 to 4% by weight of the respective metal, calculated on the total mass of the carrier catalyst.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 17 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises drying the impregnated catalyst carrier under reduced pressure.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 21 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the residual solvent content of the catalyst is less than 6% by weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 17 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the reduction temperature is from 70° to 200° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 26 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mixture of reducing agent and inert gas contains from 0.01 to 50% by volume of reducing agent.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 25 words
The process as claimed in claim 1, which comprises carrying out the reduction of the catalyst in the reactor in which the olefin is oxacylated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 19 words
The process as claimed in claim 12, which comprises using the olefin to be subsequently oxacylated as reducing agent.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 16 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said solution contains dissolved therein an activator for said catalyst.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 13 words
The process of claim 1 wherein the catalyst solution includes an inert solvent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 90 words
In a process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst supported on a carrier which is suitable for the oxacylation of olefins in the gaseous phase, the improvement comprising impregnating the carrier with a solvent solution of an unsubstituted carboxylic acid containing a palladium compound dissolved therein, drying the impregnated carrier at a temperature below 90° C to a residual solvent content of less than 6% by weight and thereafter reducing the palladium at a temperature of 70° to 200° C. in an inert gas atmosphere containing a reducing agent.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 90 words
In a process for the preparation of a palladium catalyst supported on a carrier which is suitable for the oxacylation of olefins in the gaseous phase, the improvement comprising impregnating the carrier with a solvent solution of an unsubstituted carboxylic acid containing a palladium compound dissolved therein, drying the impregnated carrier at a temperature below 90° C to a residual solvent content of less than 6% by weight and thereafter reducing the palladium at a temperature of 70° to 200° C. in an inert gas atmosphere containing a reducing agent.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 12 words
The process of claim 16 wherein the carboxylic acid is acetic acid.

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