VINYL ACETATE PREPARATION CATALYST, METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF, METHOD OF PREPARING VINYL ACETATE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING CARRIER FOR VINYL ACETATE SYNTHESIS CATALYST Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: organic synthesis catalysts. SUBSTANCE: catalyst for fluidized-bed synthesis of vinyl acetate has general formula Pd-M-A wherein M is barium, gold, lanthanum, niobium, cerium, zinc, lead, calcium, strontium, antimony, or their mixtures and A is at least one alkali metal. Such catalyst is contained in preliminarily prepared practically inert carrier in the form of microspheric particles, at least 50% of which are less than 100 mcm in size. Methods for preparing catalyst, vinyl acetate, and catalyst carrier. EFFECT: simplified catalyst preparation process and increased wear resistance of catalyst. 35 cl, 2 tbl, 20 ex