US Patent Issued to ROHM AND HAAS on March 3 for "Production of acrolein or acrylic acid from allyl alcohol with high yield and low impurity" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,464, issued on March 3, was assigned to ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Production of acrolein or acrylic acid from allyl alcohol with high yield and low impurity" was invented by Jinsuo Xu (Berwyn, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Acrolein is produced by selectively oxidizing allyl alcohol 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 vapor phase. The second mixed m...