The role of active oxygen transfer through the gas phase in propylene oxidation over a bismuth-molybdenum catalyst

The transfer of atomic oxygen from the surface of bismuth oxide onto molybdenum oxide through the gas phase, including the case when ozone was fed to the catalyst bed, is experimentally studied. It is found that the transfer of atomic oxygen through the gas phase only leads to the formation of the products of complete oxidation of propylene under conditions of heterogeneous propylene oxidation on the mixture of molybdenum and bismuth oxides. No new sites are formed on the surface of molybdenum oxide.