Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carboxylic acid esters
Reexamination Certificate
2001-11-02
2009-02-17
Oh, Taylor Victor (Department: 1625)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carboxylic acid esters
C560S231000, C560S241100, C560S243000, C560S247000, C560S261000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07491843
ABSTRACT:
Acetic acid and/or vinyl acetate are produced by an integrated process which comprises the steps:(a) contacting in a first reaction zone a gaseous feedstock comprising ethylene and/or ethane and optionally steam with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst active for the oxidation of ethylene to acetic acid and/or ethane to acetic acid and ethylene to produce a first product stream comprising acetic acid, water and ethylene (either as unreacted ethylene and/or as co-produced ethylene) and optionally also ethane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen;(b) contacting in a second reaction zone in the presence or absence of additional ethylene and/or acetic acid at least a portion of the first gaseous product stream comprising at least acetic acid and ethylene and optionally also one or more of water, ethane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen with a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst active for the production of vinyl acetate to produce a second product stream comprising vinyl acetate, water, acetic acid and optionally ethylene,(c) separating the product stream from step (b) by distillation into an overhead azeotrope fraction comprising vinyl acetate and water and a base fraction comprising acetic acid;(d) either (i) recovering acetic acid from the base fraction separated in step (c) and optionally recycling the azeotrope fraction separated in step (c) after partial or complete separation of the water therefrom to step (c),or (ii) recovering vinyl acetate from the azeotrope fraction separated in step (c) and optionally recycling the base fraction separated in step (c) to step (b),or (iii) recovering acetic acid from the base fraction separated in step (c) and recovering vinyl acetate from the overhead azeotrope fraction recovered in step (c).
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Watson Derrick John
BP Chemicals Limited
Nixon & Vanderhye
Oh Taylor Victor
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