IEC 16 |
| Padmanabha Reddy Ettireddy and Rajender S. Varma. National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Clean Processes Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MS 443, 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268 |
| Acetophenone, a very useful industrial chemical for fragrance and flavoring agent and a solvent for plastics and resins, is usually produced as a byproduct of phenol production from cumene. Alumina supported vanadium oxide catalyst is now explored for the selective oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone under eco-friendly conditions. The highest conversion of ethylbenzene and selectivity for acetophenone is observed on the 30 wt.%V2O5/Al2O3 in view of the largest amount of vanadium oxide that could be dispersed on the activated alumina support. The effect of various reaction parameters namely temperature, the concentration of reactant and catalyst and the amount of hydrogen peroxide will be described for the highest conversion and selectivity of acetophenone formation in this reaction. |
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Green Chemistry in the Design of Alternative Energy Strategies (sponsored by Green Chemistry & Engineering Subdivision)
8:30 AM-12:05 PM, Sunday, March 23, 2003 Convention Center -- Room 394, Oral
Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |