t r a n s f o r m a t i o n of 1-butanol, p u r e , and i n a m i x t u r e t y p i c a l o f a c e t o n o b u t y l i c f e r m e n t a t i o n f e e d , and compared w i t h y-Al2O3 d e h y d r a t i o n c a t a l y s t .The phos-
sites. &PO4 h a s t h e c o n v e n i e n t p r o p o r t i o n between t h o s e sites t o d e h y d r a t e p u r e 1-butanol t o b u t e n e s , w i t h a good a c t i v i t y and s e l e c t i v i t y ,l i k e y-A1 03. Whereas Ca-Ni-PO4 dehydrogenates s e l e c t i v e l y 1-butanol i n t o butyraldehyde.
With t h e multicomponent m i x t u r e , a d r o p o f c a t a l y t i c a c t i v i t i e sis observed f o r phosphates and y-A1 03, due, probably, t o the g r e a t amount o f water i n the substrate. case t h a n y-Al2O3 one.Phosphate c a t a l y t i c systems (B-P04, Al-P04, Ca-Ni-P04) were t e s t e d i n
8-PO4 d e h y i r a t i o n a c t i v i t y is much b e t t e r i n t h a t INTRODUCTIONI n t e n s i v e r e s e a r c h on t h e acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) f e r m e n t a t i o n has i n c r e a s e d r e c e n t l y t h e b a s i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h i s p r o c e s s ( 1 -4 ) .