Qingdao Hisea Chem Co., Ltd.  

Product Name: Factory Price Vinyl Acetate Monomer 99%Qingdao Hisea Chem Co., Ltd Model NO.: 99% min Colour: Transparent Grade Standard: Industrial Grade Appearance: Liquid Source: Organic Solvent Trademark: Hisea Transport Package: 180kg/Drum 14.4mt/20'fcl Specification: 99% Origin: China HS Code: 2915320000 Product Description Vinyl acetate is an organic compound with the formulaCH3CO2CHCH2. A colorless liquid with a pungentodor, it is the precursor to polyvinylacetate, an important polymer in industry. Unlike many other acetateesters, the odor of vinyl acetate is thoroughly disagreeable and is not used toany substantial degree as an odorant.ProductionThe worldwide production capacity of vinyl acetate monomer(VAM) was estimated at 6,154,000 tonnes/annum in 2007, with most capacityconcentrated in the United States (1,585,000 all in Texas), China (1,261,000),Japan (725,000) and Taiwan (650,000). The average list price for 2008 was$1600/tonne. Celaneseis the largest producer (ca 25% of the worldwide capacity), while othersignificant producers include China Petrochemical Corporation(7%), Chang Chun Group (6%) and Lyondellbasell(5%).It is a key ingredient in furniture-glue.PreparationThe major industrial route involves the reaction of ethyleneand acetic acidwith oxygenin the presence of a palladium catalyst.C2H4 + CH3CO2H+ 1⁄2 O2 → CH3CO2CHCH2+ H2OThe main side reaction is the combustion of organic precursors. Vinylacetate was once prepared by hydroesterification. This method involves thegas-phase addition of acetic acid to acetylenein the presence of metal catalysts. By this route, using mercury(II) catalysts,vinyl acetate was first prepared by Klatte in 1912. Another route to vinylacetate involves thermal decomposition of ethylidene diacetate:(CH3CO2)2CHCH3→ CH3CO2CHCH2 + CH3CO2HPolymerizationIt can be polymerized to give polyvinylacetate. With other monomers can be used to prepare copolymerssuch as ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), vinylacetate-acrylic acid (VA/AA), polyvinyl chloride acetate (PVCA), and polyvinylpyrrolidone (Vp/Va Copolymer, used in hair gels).Due to the instability of the radical, attempts to control the polymerizationvia most 'living/controlled' radical processes have proved problematic.However, RAFT (or more specifically MADIX)polymerization offers a convenient method of controlling the synthesis of PVAby the addition of a xanthate or a dithiocarbamate chain transfer agent.Other reactionsVinyl acetate undergoes many of the reactions anticipated for an alkeneand an ester.Bromineadds to give the dibromide. Hydrogen halides add to give 1-haloethyl acetates,which cannot be generated by other methods because of the non-availability ofthe corresponding halo-alcohols. Acetic acid adds in the presence of palladiumcatalysts to give ethylidene diacetate, CH3CH(OAc)2. Itundergoes transesterification with a variety of carboxylicacids.The alkene also undergoes Diels-Alderand 2+2 cycloadditions.