Patent ID: 7612014

Claim:
A method of producing a catalyst or pre-catalyst suitable for assisting in the production of alkenyl alkanoates, comprising: contacting, simultaneous or sequentially, at least one catalytic precursor solution to a support material to place gold and palladium on the support material, wherein the at least one catalytic precursor solution is an aqueous solution that comprises one or more palladium and one or more gold precursors selected from the group consisting of Pd(NH 3 ) 2 (NO 2 ) 2 , Pd(NH 3 ) 4 (OH) 2 , Pd(NH 3 ) 4 (NO 3 ) 2 , Pd(NH 3 ) 4 (OAc) 2 , Pd(NH 3 ) 2 (OAc) 2 , Pd(NH 3 ) 4 (HCO 3 ) 2 , NaAuO 2 , NMe 4 AuO 2 , HAu(NO 3 ) 4 in nitric acid or combinations thereof, and reducing the palladium or gold by contacting a reducing environment to the support material.