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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst I Leupold, Westerfeld, DE;
Hans-Jurgen Arpe, Fischbach, Taunus, DE;
Albert Renken, Hofheim, DE;
Ernst-Gunther Schlosser, Kelkheim, Taunus, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560247 ;
Abstract
Acetic acid ethyl ester is prepared by passing ethylene over a fixed-bed catalyst composed of silicon dioxide, which has a surface from 50 to 200 m.sup.2 /g and which is impregnated with H.sub.2 SO.sub.4, diethylsulfate or ethylsulfuric acid or mixtures of these compounds, with periodically alternating quantities of acetic acid, at a temperature from 130.degree. to 170.degree. C, the acid concentration, calculated on ethylene, varying constantly over a range from 0.01 to 40% by mole.