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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
James H. Zink, League City, TX (US);
Deborah R. Repman, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Laiyuan Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Barbara F. Kimmich, League City, TX (US);
Josefina T. Chapman, Houston, TX (US);
Jan Cornelis Van Der Waal, Delft, NL;
Virginie Zuzaniuk, Krommenie, NL;
Victor J. Johnston, Houston, TX (US);
James H. Zink, League City, TX (US);
Deborah R. Repman, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Laiyuan Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Barbara F. Kimmich, League City, TX (US);
Josefina T. Chapman, Houston, TX (US);
Jan Cornelis van der Waal, Delft, NL;
Virginie Zuzaniuk, Krommenie, NL;
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for the selective production of ethyl acetate by vapor phase reaction of acetic acid over a hydrogenating catalyst composition to form ethyl acetate is disclosed and claimed. In an embodiment of this invention reaction of acetic acid and hydrogen over platinum and copper supported on silica selectively produces ethyl acetate in a vapor phase at a temperature of about 250° C.