INTEGRATED METHOD FOR VINYL ACETATE PRODUCTION Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: vinyl acetate production by ethane catalytic acetoxylation with acetic acid obtained as intermediate.

SUBSTANCE: claimed method includes: a) bringing gaseous raw material, containing ethane as a main component, into contact in the first reaction zone with molecular oxygen-containing gas in presence of catalyst to obtain the first product stream including acetic acid and ethylene; b) bringing the said first product stream in second reaction zone with molecular oxygen-containing gas in presence of catalyst to obtain the second product stream including vinyl acetate; c) separation the second product stream from stage b) to recovery of vinyl acetate. In the first reaction zone catalyst of general formula MO_aPd_bX_cY_d is used, wherein X is at least one element selected from Ti, V, and W; Y is at least one element selected from Al, Bi, Cu, Ag, Au, K, Rb, Cs, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Nb, Sb, Si, and Sn; a, b, c, and d are gram-atom ratio, and a = 1; b = 0.0001-0.01, preferably 0.0001-0.005; c = 0.4-1, preferably 0.5-0.8; and d = 0.005-1, preferably 0.01-0.3. Gaseous raw material from step a) preferably includes ethane and molecular oxygen-containing gas in volume ratio of ethane/oxygen between 1:1 and 10:1, and 0-50 % of vapor as calculated to total volume of starting raw material. Ratio of selectivity to ethylene and selectivity to acetic acid in the first product stream is 0:95-95:0.

EFFECT: integrated technological cycle with controllable product yield while changing technological parameters of the process.

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