CATALYST AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ACETIC ACID OR MIXTURE OF ACETIC ACID AND ETHYL ACETATE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC B01J23/16 B01J23/02 B01J21/00 C07C51/235 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to multicomponent vanadium-molybdenum oxide catalysts used for selective production of acetic acid or a mixture of acetic acid and ethyl acetate. The invention describes a catalyst and a method of producing acetic acid or a mixture of acetic acid and ethyl acetate by oxidising ethanol with an oxygen-containing gas in a catalytic reactor in the presence of said catalyst, the catalyst having the formula: MO_aV_bNb_cTe_dX_cO_n, where: X is one of the following elements or mixture thereof: Al, P, B, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Zr, Pb, Bi, alkali or alkali-earth metals, rare-earth metals, a=1; b ranges from 0.01 to 1.0; c ranges 0.01 to 1.0; d ranges 0 to 1.0; e ranges 0 to 1.0; n is a number defined by the valence and number of elements other than oxygen in the formula.

EFFECT: high efficiency of the catalyst and high output of acetic acid of up to 97% or, depending on reaction conditions, 94% total output of the mixture of acetic acid and ethyl acetate (molar ratio 1-2:1, respectively).

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