Abstract:
A process for continuously producing a lactam in water at a high temperature under a high pressure. Namely, a process for producing a lactam characterized by selectively synthesizing the lactam without causing hydrolysis by introducing an oxime into flowing water at a high temperature under a high pressure, wherein the lactam is continuously synthesized at a high rate from the oxime in water at a high temperature of 250 °C or more under a high pressure of 12 Mpa or more.
Abstract:
A method for production of caprolactam. The method involves:
(a) reacting air with ammonia gas in an ammonia conversion zone to produce nitric oxide; (b) oxidizing at least a portion of the nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide to produce an NO x -rich process gas stream; (c) reactively absorbing the NO x -rich gas stream with phosphoric acid containing solution in an absorption zone to form nitrate ions; (d) contacting the nitrate ions with air in a degassing zone to produce a nitrate-rich aqueous process stream; (e) reducing the nitrate-rich aqueous stream with hydrogen in the presence of phosphoric acid to produce hydroxylammonium phosphate; (f) oximating the hydroxylammonium phosphate with cyclohexanone to produce cyclohexanone oxime; and (g) converting the cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam. According to the invention, supplemental oxygen is added downstream of the ammonia conversion zone to increase the quantity and rate of formation of nitrogen dioxide in the NO x -rich process gas stream.
Abstract:
Laurolactam having high quality is produced by reacting cyclododecanone with a hydroxylamine salt of a mineral acid, and converting the resultant cyclododecanoneoxime to laurolactam through the Beckmann rearrangement reaction, wherein a content of each of oxygen atom-containing C 12 organic compounds, for example, cyclododecenone or epoxycyclododecane, and cycloaliphatic unsaturated C 12 hydrocarbon compounds, contained, as an impurity, in the staring cyclododecanone material, is controlled to 1,000 ppm or less.
Abstract:
An improvement in the conventional process for the production of caprolactam. The process involves:
(a) reacting air with ammonia gas in an ammonia conversion zone to produce nitric oxide; (b) oxidizing a portion of the nitric oxide to nitrogen dioxide to produce an NO x -rich process gas stream; (c) reacting the NO x -rich stream with ammonium carbonate in a nitriting zone to produce ammonium nitrite; (d) reducing the ammonium nitrite to hydroxylamine diammonium sulfate; (e) hydrolyzing the hydroxylamine diammonium sulfate to hydroxylamine sulfate; (f) oximating the hydroxylamine sulfate with cyclohexanone to produce cyclohexanone oxime; and (g) converting the cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam. The process is improved by adding supplemental oxygen downstream of the ammonia conversion zone to increase the quantity and rate of formation of nitrogen dioxide in the NO x -rich process gas stream.
Abstract:
Disclosed herein is an efficient, economical, industrially advantageous, straight-through process for the preparation of cyclic amides, also referred as lactams, in substantially pure form and high yield, from the corresponding cyclic ketones and a hydroxylammonium salt, using a combination of amphoteric metal oxide or amphoteric masked metal oxide and a base.