Patent ID: 6407283
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
The process for the production of vinyl acetate which process comprises contacting ethylene, acetic acid and an oxygen-containing gas with a supported palladium catalyst prepared by a process comprising the steps: (a) impregnating a catalyst support with a palladium compound, (b) converting the palladium compound to substantially metallic palladium, and (c) sintering the supported palladium at a temperature in the range of from 650Â° C. to 1000Â° C. in the presence of a gas consisting essentially of a reducing gas, an inert gas or a mixture thereof and in which process the catalyst comprises a potassium acetate promoter at a concentration of from approximately 1.5 to 5 wt % potassium.