The Use of Tin Vanadate and Vanadium Pentoxide in the Catalytic Oxidation of Furfural in the Vapor Phase

Author

Wallace Griffin Osborne, Prairie View A&M College

Date of Award

8-1959

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Degree Discipline

Chemistry

Abstract

The catalytic oxidation of furfural in aqueous chlorate solution, using vanadium pentoxide or osmium tetroxide as the catalyst, yields chiefly fumaric acid with the former and meso-tartaric acid with the latter catalyst.¹

Session² has made a qualitative study of the vapor phase oxidation of furfural but reported only small yields of maelic acid.

The aim of the present investigation is two-fold: (1) to describe a general technique for the catalytic oxidation of organic substances of low volatility or substances which polymerize or resinify easily before they come in contact with the catalyst, and (2) to apply this improved technique to a quantitative study of the catalytic oxidation of furfural, being chiefly concerned with the per cent of yield of maleic acid vs temperature and air flow.

¹Nicholas Milas and William Walsh, "Catalytic Oxidation, Oxidation in the Furan Series," Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. LVII (1935) pp. 1389-1393. ²Willlam V. Session, "Catalytic Oxidation of Furfural in Vapor Phase," Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. I (1928), p. 1696.

Committee Chair/Advisor

E. E. O'Banion

Committee Member

Cedric T. Stubblefield

Publisher

Prairie View A&M College

Rights

Date of Digitization

3-18-2022

Contributing Institution

John B Coleman Library

City of Publication

Prairie View

MIME Type

Application/PDF

Recommended Citation

Osborne, W. G. (1959). The Use of Tin Vanadate and Vanadium Pentoxide in the Catalytic Oxidation of Furfural in the Vapor Phase. Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.pvamu.edu/pvamu-theses/1356