Use of simple test reactions to characterise the catalytic activity of a commercial CoO-MoO 3-Al 2 O 3 catalyst

CS John, JG Williamson, LVF Kennedy…

Index: John, Christopher S.; Williamson, James G.; Kennedy, Lois V. F.; Tyler, J. Kelvin Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 1: Physical Chemistry in Condensed Phases, 1980 , vol. 76, p. 1356 - 1365

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Abstract

Exchange of thiophene with D2 and reactions of deuterium-labelled propene and isobutene, followed using a combination of mass spectrometry and microwave spectroscopy, have been used to characterise the catalytic nature of a commercial CoO-MoO3-Al2O3 (CMA) catalyst. The results indicate that the activity of partially sulphided CMA, produced by exposure to H2S or by hydrodesulphurization (hds) of ethanethiol, closely resembles that ...