Celanese Chemicals Europe Gmbh

Gerhardt Geiss

Uwe Dingerdissen

Alfred Gerhard Hagemeyer

Harald Werner

Klaus Kühlein

Günter Dambeck

Andrea Rutsch

Stephan Weidlich

The invention relates to a supported catalyst and the production and use thereof in the synthesis of vinyl acetate in the gaseous phase from ethylene, acetic acid and oxygen, or from gases containing oxygen, whereby the activity and selectivity are simultaneously improved. The catalyst contains palladium, at least one alkali metal compound and optionally one or more catalyst accelerators, in particular, gold, barium and/or cadmium on a porous support. Said support contains at least one reducible metal oxide, in particular oxides of the elements of groups IIIb, IVb, Vb, VIb from the periodic table of elements. Once the support has been loaded with at least one palladium compound, a reduction is carried out at a temperature of &#x3e;200&#xb0; C.

Catalysts for the gas-phase oxidation of ethylene and acetic acid to vinyl acetate, a process for producing them and their use

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Liederbach, Germany

Gerhardt Geiss