Process for preparing vinyl carboxylates

A process for preparing at least one vinyl carboxylate compound of formula I:

• wherein
• R1 is
• n is 2, and
• R2 is H, C1-C8-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl, phenyl, or C3-C7-cycloalkyl, the process comprising:
• reacting at least one starting compound selected from the group consisting of cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid, cyclohexane-1,3-dicarboxylic acid, and cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid,
• with a compound of formula III
• H—C≡C—R2 (III)
• in the presence of at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of a carbonyl complex of rhenium, an oxide of rhenium, a halide of rhenium, rhenium metal, a carbonyl complex of manganese, an oxide of manganese, a halide of manganese, a carbonyl complex of tungsten, an oxide of tungsten, a halide of tungsten, a carbonyl complex of molybdenum, an oxide of molybdenum, a halide of molybdenum, a carbonyl complex of chromium, an oxide of chromium, a halide of chromium, a carbonyl complex of iron, an oxide of iron, and a halide of iron, at a temperature of <300° C.