| abstract |
The invention relates to a synthesis reactor and to a method for producing vinyl acetate, in which gaseous ethylene and acetic acid, in addition to oxygen or gases containing oxygen, react catalytically. The inventive synthesis reactor is a wall reactor, in which the catalytic synthesis takes place in a plurality of reaction chambers, whose free flow cross-sections measure less than 2000 ?m, preferably 1000 ?m and whose indirectly cooled walls are coated with a palladium-gold catalyst. |