| abstract |
The invention relates to a synthesis reactor and a process for the production of vinyl acetate in which gaseous ethylene and acetic acid as well as oxygen or gases containing oxygen react catalytically, with the synthesis reactor as a wall reactor where the catalytic synthesis takes place in a number of reaction chambers which are smaller than 2000 chambers. , preferably less than 1000 microns. at least in a dimension relative to the four stream cross section, where the indirectly cooled walls are coated with a palladium-gold catalyst. |