abstract |
According to the present invention, a process of reacting a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon in the presence of a heterogeneous oxidative catalyst with an oxide and oxygen-containing gas stream of nitrogen selected from NO, N 2 O 3 , NO 2 and N 2 O 4 [in this case, the aromatic hydrocarbon is At least 0.1 mol% of water is present at the beginning of the reaction]. |