Production of diacetoxyethylene by direct acetoxylation

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention is to a process for producing a vinyl acetate composition by contacting a vinyl acetate stream with acetic acid, ethylene, and oxygen to form a reaction mixture and reacting the reaction mixture in a reactor under conditions effective to form a crude vinyl acetate composition comprising vinyl acetate, water, acetic acid and at least 0.1 wt % diacetoxyethylene.

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