ABSTRACT

FIGURE 7.35 Mechanism of the transformation of butene into butadiene on B sites and A sites at the surface of Bi2MoOS catalysts. Adapted from [110]. A site oxygen atoms are hatched.

oxidized to furan and then to CO, C02, leaving the catalyst reduced. The catalyst is then reoxidized at the A site either by diffusion of an 0 2-ion from the bulk or by gas phase oxygen.