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

HRID 1111243Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1111243 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:4][CH:5]=[CH2:6])(=[O:3])[CH3:2]>[Pt].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-diacetate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23939PlatinumCatalystHCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

The procedure of Example 17 was repeated except that 4.5 g of platinum (5%) supported on activated carbon was used in place of palladium supported on activated carbon. GC analysis showed that vinyl acetate was formed with considerable amount of acetic acid and 8.28 g of ethylidene diacetate.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-b18c7bf8f8b24379898eca28a782bde8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_12
Patent number
US04978778

Reaction notes

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