Process and catalyst for producing vinyl acetate

摘要

PCT No. PCT/EP96/01994 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 16, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 16, 1997 PCT Filed May 10, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/37465 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 28, 1996The invention relates to a catalyst and a process for preparing vinyl acetate in the gas phase from ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen or oxygen-containing gases over a catalyst comprising palladium and/or its compounds, cadmium compounds and alkali metal compounds on a support, wherein the catalyst additionally contains at least one rhenium and/or at least one zirconium compound.