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Title: Preparation of vinyl acetate

Patent ·
OSTI ID:871436
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  1. Kingsport, TN
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This invention pertains to the preparation of vinyl acetate by contacting a mixture of hydrogen and ketene with a heterogeneous catalyst containing a transition metal to produce acetaldehyde, which is then reacted with ketene in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce vinyl acetate.

Research Organization:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (Allentown, PA)
DOE Contract Number:
FC22-95PC93052
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company (Kingsport, TN)
Patent Number(s):
US 5731456
OSTI ID:
871436
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

Surface chemistry of ketene on ruthenium(001). 2. Surface processes. journal July 1988
Reactions of Atomic Hydrogen with Ketene and Acetaldehyde journal February 1975
My Face is Black. journal December 1965

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