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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon James Kitchen, Hillam, GB;
Alasdair Iain Thomson, Elloughton, GB;
Bruce Leo Williams, Elloughton Brough, GB;
Assignee:
BP Chemicals Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/755 ; C07C 6/915 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 6/755 ; C07C 6/915 ;
Abstract
In a process for the production of vinyl acetate by reacting ethylene, acetic acid and an oxygen-containing gas in a reactor to produce a process stream which is removed from the reactor as an outlet stream, the process is improved by maintaining the oxygen concentration of the outlet stream at or near its flammability limit.