Method for producing vinyl acetate

US8410307B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wacker Chemie AG · DE

Inventors

• Mehmet Guenaltay · Emmerting, DE
• Willibald Dafinger · Zweibrücken, DE
• Peter Holl · Tübingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 2, 2013
• Expiry date: Jan 14, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C67/54
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for producing vinyl acetate in a heterogeneously catalyzed, continuous gas phase process by reacting ethylene with acetic acid and oxygen in a reactor and separating the product gas stream substantially comprising ethylene, vinyl acetate, acetic acid, water, carbon dioxide and inert gases.