PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF VINYL ACETATE

摘要

- - HOE 89/F 384 of the disclosure Process for the preparation of vinyl acetate The invention relates to a process for the preparation of vinyl acetate in the gas phase from ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen or oxygen-containing gases on a catalyst which contains palladium and/or its compounds and, if desired, additionally gold and/or gold compounds and which contains as activators alkali metal compounds and,if desired,additionally cadmium compounds on a support which is composed of SiO2 or an SiO2 Al2O3 mixture having a surface area of 50 - 250 m2/g and a pore volume of 0.4 - 1.2 ml/g and whose particles have a particle size of 4 to 9 mm, 5 to 20% of the pore volume of the support being formed of pores having radii of 200 to 3000 .ANG. and 50 to 90% of the pore volume being formed of pores having radii of 70 to 100 .ANG.. The support particles are compressed with the aid of an Li, Mg, Al, Zn or Mn salt of a C2-C20 carboxylic acid or a mixture of such salts as binder.