(1) Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan;(2) Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, 457 Zhongshan Road, P. O. Box 110, Dalian, 116023, PR China
Abstract:
Pd-supported on WO3–ZrO2 (W/Zr atomic ratio=0.2) calcined at 1073 K was found to be highly active and selective for gas-phase oxidation of ethylene to acetic acid in the presence of water at 423 K and 0.6 MPa. Contact time dependence demonstrated that acetic acid is formed via acetaldehyde formed by a Wacker-type reaction, not through ethanol by hydration of ethylene.