Catalytic oxidation provides several examples of the remarkable steps made forward
towards a more sustainable chemical industry: use of alternative reactants, the design of …

This review describes recent findings in the oxidation of n-butane to maleic anhydride. The
process is commercial since the 80's, but yet the yield is far from being optimised. Therefore …

In this contribution to the Special Issue honoring 100 very successful years of Casale SA, we
review and critically discuss the current status of modeling the most demanding selective …

This Account is to celebrate the 65th birthday of Fabrizio Cavani and his unique and
distinguished career in catalysis, a passionate research work often performed in strong …

Correlations are reported between structure and performance of current, state-of the art,
industrial maleic anhydride production catalysts. Characterization was done with fully …

Vanadium phosphate catalyst precursors were prepared from V2O5 and H3PO4 or VOPO4·
2H2O using α, ω-alkanediols (1, 4-butanediol, 1, 5-pentanediol and 1, 6-hexanediol) as both …

In this paper the role of V5+ and V3+ ions in V/P/O, catalyst for the oxidation of n-pentane to
maleic and phthalic anhydrides, has been investigated. These species have transient …

This review examines the state-of-the-art in the oxidative transformation of C 2-C 4 alkanes
to olefins and to oxygentaed compounds. Chemical, catalytic and technological aspects are …

Vanadium phosphorous oxide (VPO) is traditionally manufactured from solid vanadium
oxides by synthesizing VOHPO4∙ 0.5 H2O (the precursor) followed by in situ activation to …

In the last years, due to the continuous decreasing of the starting material deriving from the
fossil sources and the increasing of the greenhouses emissions, the research has focused …