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Catalyst and method for producing vinyl acetate

US6696596B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

CELANESE CHEMICALS EUROPE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Bernhard Herzog · Stuttgart, DE
Axel Schafer · Bad Soden, DE
Karl-Heinz Renkel · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2001
Grant date	Feb 24, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 24, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/582
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing vinyl acetate in the gas phase from ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen or oxygen-containing gases over a catalyst, consisting essentially of palladium and/or its compounds, gold and/or its compounds and alkali metal compounds on a support, wherein the catalyst further comprises vanadium and/or its compounds and catalyst therefrom.

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