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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2009
Barbara F. M. Kimmich, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Hannah E. Toomey, Houston, TX (US);
Qiang Yao, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
G. Paull Torrence, League City, TX (US);
Jan Cornelis Van Der Waal, Delft, NL;
Bozena A. A. Silberova, Rotterdam, NL;
Barbara F. M. Kimmich, Bernardsville, NJ (US);
Hannah E. Toomey, Houston, TX (US);
Qiang Yao, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
G. Paull Torrence, League City, TX (US);
Jan Cornelis van der Waal, Delft, NL;
Bozena A. A. Silberova, Rotterdam, NL;
Celanese International Corporation, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A process for the selective production of vinyl ester by the reaction of a carboxylic acid with acetylene under heterogeneous catalytic conditions is disclosed and claimed. In a preferred embodiment of this invention, reaction of benzoic acid and acetylene in the presence of supported platinum catalyst at a temperature of from about 100 to 180° C. results in quantitative yields of vinyl benzoate.