Patent ID: 7863467

Claim:
A method for producing propylene oxide, characterized in that hydrogen peroxide is reacted with propylene in the presence of a titanosilicate catalyst which has an X-ray diffraction pattern indicated below and is represented by the formula: xTiO 2 Â·(1âˆ’x)SiO 2 wherein x denotes a numerical value of 0.0001 to 0.1; X-ray diffraction patterns (interplanar spacing of lattice d/â„«) 13.2Â±0.6 12.3Â±0.3 11.0Â±0.3 9.0Â±0.3 6.8Â±0.3 3.9Â±0.2 3.5Â±0.1 3.4Â±0.1 and wherein the titanosilicate is a Ti-MWW precursor.