US Patent Issued to ROHM AND HAAS on July 14 for "Production of acrolein or acrylic acid from iso-propanol with high yeild and low cost" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,795, issued on July 14, was assigned to ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Production of acrolein or acrylic acid from iso-propanol with high yeild and low cost" was invented by Jinsuo Xu (Berwyn, Pa.) and Daniel A. Bors (Maple Glen, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acrolein is produced by selectively oxidizing iso-propanol over a first mixed metal oxide catalyst in the presence of oxygen in the vapor phase. The first mixed metal oxide catalyst comprises oxides of molybdenum and bismuth. Acrylic acid is produced by selectively oxidizing the acrolein over a second mixed metal oxide catalyst in the presence of oxygen in the ...