In this paper,we report the results of an infrared study on methacrolein (MAL) adsorption on heteropoly acid catalyst,H
4-PMO
11V1O
40/SiO
2 Three surface species,CH
2=C(CH
3)-CHO
*(I),CH
2=C(CH
3)-CO(II) and CH
2=C(CH
3)
were formed on the catalyst surface.We consider that they are the intermediates to form methacrylic acid (MAA).It was found that at 300℃ MALchemisorption did not occur on the catalyst surface treated with evacuation and v
P-O and v
Me-O-Me bands characterizing the heteropoly acid anion structure disappeared (Me: Mo or V)