Vinyl Acetate → 1,1-Ethanediol, 1,1-diacetate

HRID 1111242Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1111242 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][CH:5]=[CH2:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2]>[Pd](Cl)Cl.C(O)(=O)C>[C:1]([O:4][CH:5]([O:4][C:1](=[O:3])[CH3:2])[CH3:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2]

Participants

4

Reactant 1

HCID 7904Vinyl Acetate

Product 1

HCID 2225361,1-Ethanediol, 1,1-diacetateYield 2,504.6%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 24290Palladium ChlorideCatalystHCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

The procedure of Example 9 was repeated except that 0.451 g of palladium chloride was used in place of palladium supported on activated carbon and the reaction was effected for 3 hours. GC analysis showed that 1.51 g of vinyl acetate and 32.1 g of ethylidene diacetate were formed with considerable amount of acetic acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a9b5c18e35584c908a6278b712e5c952
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_12
Patent number
US04978778

Reaction notes

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