Production of diacetoxyethylene by direct acetoxylation

In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing a vinyl acetate composition by contacting a vinyl acetate stream with acetic acid, ethylene, and oxygen to form a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture in a reactor under conditions effective to form a crude vinyl acetate co...

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Main Authors SONNENBERG TATIANA H, RANGEL-OSALDE DANIEL, KERLEGON STEPHEN, WANG HANG, PHUNG KIEN V, TWAY CATHY L, DUFF JOSEPH G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.11.2014
Subjects
ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
CHEMISTRY
METALLURGY
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Summary:In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing a vinyl acetate composition by contacting a vinyl acetate stream with acetic acid, ethylene, and oxygen to form a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture in a reactor under conditions effective to form a crude vinyl acetate composition comprising vinyl acetate, water, acetic acid and at least 0.1 wt % diacetoxyethylene.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113327401