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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald Charles Tustin, Kingsport, TN (US);
Joseph Robert Zoeller, Kingsport, TN (US);
Leslie Sharon Depew, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560238 ;
Abstract
This invention pertains to the preparation of vinyl acetate by contacting within a contact zone a mixture of ketene and acetaldehyde with an acid catalyst at about one bar pressure and between about 85.degree. and 200.degree. C. and removing the reaction products from the contact zone.