Abstract: Ethylene glycol acetate can be prepared from ethylene by employing PdCl_2-CuCl_2-Cu(OAc)_2 in anacetic acid solution,usually involves two steps-acetoxylation and the regeneration of catalyst.In thispaper,a one-step process has been studied with oxygen and ethylene introduced simultaneously in a singlereactor.It was observed that there must be enough partial pressure of oxygen to oxidize Cu~+ to Cu~(2+)by keeping oxygen content at 8-10% in the raw binary gas mixture of oxygen and ethylene,whereby theactivity of the catalytic system could be maintained without formaton of CuCl residue.By using nitrogen as a diluent,the ratio of O_2/C_2H_2 could be kept in the non-explosive range.Itis claimed that 95% of the converted ethylene from the feed gas exists as ethylene glycol monoacetateand diacetate.

摘要： Ethylene glycol acetate can be prepared from ethylene by employing PdCl_2-CuCl_2-Cu(OAc)_2 in anacetic acid solution,usually involves two steps-acetoxylation and the regeneration of catalyst.In thispaper,a one-step process has been studied with oxygen and ethylene introduced simultaneously in a singlereactor.It was observed that there must be enough partial pressure of oxygen to oxidize Cu~+ to Cu~(2+)by keeping oxygen content at 8-10% in the raw binary gas mixture of oxygen and ethylene,whereby theactivity of the catalytic system could be maintained without formaton of CuCl residue.By using nitrogen as a diluent,the ratio of O_2/C_2H_2 could be kept in the non-explosive range.Itis claimed that 95% of the converted ethylene from the feed gas exists as ethylene glycol monoacetateand diacetate.