Modification of V2O5 with Ti;
Sn;
Zr;
Nb;
and Al oxides improves the activity and selectivity of the vanadium oxide catalyst in vapor-phase oxidation of β-picoline to give nicotinic acid. It is shown that the conversion of β-picoline and the yield of nicotinic acid on two-component V2O5-TiO2;
V2O5-SnO2;
V2O5-ZtrO2;
V2O5-Nb2O5;
and V2O5-Al2O3 catalysts may be several times those on the V2O5 catalyst. It was found that;
on passing from V2O5 to double-component vanadium-containing catalysts;
the proton affinity of active oxygen bonded to vanadium;
calculated by the quantum-chemical method;
grows simultaneously with the increase in the activity of the catalysts in the oxidation reaction. © 2014 Pleiades Publishing;
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