Oxidative Dehydrogenation of n‐Butene with V–Mg Complex Oxide with Added Trivalent Metal Oxide

Abstract Oxidative dehydrogenation (ODH) of n‐butene with V−Mg complex oxide catalysts was carried out with a fixed‐bed flow reactor at 480 °C. In order to improve the catalytic performance of V−Mg complex oxide, we examined the effect of added metal oxide on the ODH of n‐butene. When Fe was added to the V−Mg complex oxide, the reactivity of lattice oxygen in the V−Mg complex oxide increased. V−Mg‐Fe(20:30:10) prepared at a molar ratio of V:Mg:Fe=20:30:10 showed high conversion (53.9%) and buta‐1,3‐diene (BD) yield (20.3%) in the ODH with the lattice oxygen. To continuously produce BD, ODH under O 2 flow was also investigated. The V−Mg‐Fe(20:30:10) catalyst exhibited higher BD yield than the V−Mg catalyst, and it was indicated that the high reactivity of the lattice oxygen affected the ODH under O 2 flow. Moreover, the V−Mg‐Fe(20:30:10)‐800 catalyst calcined at 800 °C showed highly stable ODH activity, and the BD yield (11%) was maintained for 420 min. XRD analysis results of the catalyst showed that the maintenance of the ODH activity could be attributed to the maintenance of the crystalline structure of V−Mg‐Fe(20:30:10)‐800 during the reaction.