The present invention relates to processes for making
vinyl acetate, based on
methanol having a
deuterium content below 90 ppm, comprising the step of reacting
acetic acid with
ethylene to give
vinyl acetate, and to processes for making
vinyl acetate, based on
methanol having a
deuterium content below 90 ppm, comprising the steps of reacting
acetic anhydride with
acetaldehyde to form ethyliden diacetate and reacting ethyliden diacetate to give vinyl acetate by thermal
elimination of
acetic acid, as well as to vinyl acetate having a
deuterium content below 90 ppm, based on the total
hydrogen content. The present invention further relates to a vinyl acetate having a
natural abundance of carbon-14 from non-fossil resources, preferably from
biomass, as well as to its use. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing alkoxylated compounds comprising
ethylene oxide units and / or
propylene oxide units, comprising the steps: (a) reacting
hydrogen with
carbon dioxide to form
methanol, (b) converting the methanol from step (a) to ethene and / or
propene, (c) reacting the ethene and / or
propene from step (b) with
oxygen or an
oxidizing agent to form
ethylene oxide and / or
propylene oxide, and (d) reacting the
ethylene oxide and / or
propylene oxide with the at least one
starter unit having Zerewitinoff active
hydrogen atoms to form the alkoxylated compound, wherein the
carbon dioxide in step (a) is at least in part captured from industrial
flue gases or from air or from ocean water or other natural waters or obtained from biological processes; and the alkoxylated compounds obtainable by the process. The invention further relates to
graft polymer based on
ethylene oxide-comprising backbones being grafted with olefinically polymerizable monomers, preferably vinyl monomers, more preferably with a) vinyl esters or b) vinyllactams, wherein such
graft polymer is at least partially based on hydrogen from non-fossil-based sources, wherein the
molar share of deuterium is lower in such
graft polymer than that in the identical
chemical compound when derived solely from fossil-based sources.