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(57) [Summary]nFor example, a catalyst useful in the production of vinyl acetate from acetic acid, ethylene, and oxygen and comprising one of the metals palladium, gold, and zirconium and rhenium on a porous support. The catalyst is prepared by adsorbing a water-soluble salt of a metal on a support, precipitating the metal as a water-insoluble salt, and reducing the salt to a metal. |