Patent SG-11201809019Y-A (SG)
Title: Methods for using macroporous inert materials in monomer production
Inventor: XU JINSUO
IPC: C07C57/04
Filed: 2017-04-17
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Organization International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date ......0\" WO 2017/184496 Al 26 October 2017 (26.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: C07C 45/33 (2006.01) C07C 51/25 (2006.01) Published: C07C 47/22 (2006.01) C07C 57/04 (2006.01) — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the (21) International Application Number: claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of PCT/US2017/027898 amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) (22) International Filing Date: 17 April 2017 (17.04.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/325,715 21 April 2016 (21.04.2016) US (71) Applicant: ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY [US/US]; 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, PA 19106 (US). (72) Inventor: XU, Jinsuo; 400 Arcola Road, Collegeville, PA 19426 (US). (74) Agent: MERRIAM, Andrew; Rohm and Haas Company, 100 Independence Mall West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 (US). Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). (84) Il ON (54) Title: METHODS FOR USING MACROPOROUS INERT MATERIALS IN MONOMER PRODUCTION 71' 7r (57) : The present invention provides methods for monomer production, for example, acrylic acid, wherein the methods ° Il O comprise oxidizing one or more reactant gases, for example, propylene, in a fixed bed reactor, preferably, two fixed bed reactors, in the ---- presence of oxygen and a mixed metal oxide catalyst to form an oxidized gaseous mixture and, at any point in the oxidizing, feeding or , I t---- flowing the one or more reactant gases or the oxidized gaseous mixture through an inert macroporous material that has a pore volume © of from 0.2 cm3/g to 2.0 cm3/g, a surface area of from 0.01 to 0.6 m2/g, and wherein from 30 to 98 wt.% of the total pore volume in f'1 the inert macroporous material has a pore diameter of at least 100 itm. C