Catalysis Letters, Vol.131, No.1-2, 49-53, 2009
Highly Diluted Copper in a Silica Matrix as Active Catalyst for Propylene Oxidation to Acrolein
The use of copper phthalocyanine as the copper precursor extremely diluted in a silica matrix (below 0.1%) was found to result in a very active catalyst in the selective oxidation of propene by oxygen to produce acrolein with selectivities above 50% and yields of similar to 10%.