Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for preparing a lactam from an alicyclic ketoxime in the presence of a lactim-O-sulphonic acid and a solvent, the reaction being carried out in the presence of an acid cation exchanger. The invention relates in particular to a process in which the alicyclic ketoxime is represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R is a linear or branched alkylidene group containing from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.
Abstract:
The invention provides a process for producing high quality .epsilon.-caprolactam which comprises allowing crude .epsilon.-caprolactam obtained by gas phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to contact with hydrogen at 100.degree.-200.degree. C. in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst.
Abstract:
In the production of .epsilon.-caprolactam from cyclohexanon oxime in gaseous phase in the presence of solid catalysts, the catalysts, no matter whether they may have worked, are brought into contact with either aqueous solution of ammonium salts and at least one basic material or ammonia water.
Abstract:
Carbonaceous materials deposited on solid catalysts and produced, for example, in Beckmann rearrangement in a gaseous phase are burned off by effecting the treatment in the presence of alcohols such as methanol or ethanol together with molecular oxygen-containing gas in order to regenerate the catalyst activity.
Abstract:
Oximes can be converted to the corresponding amides by contacting the oximes with a non-zeolitic molecular sieve, which has in its calcined form an adsorption of isobutane of at least about 2 percent by weight of the non-zeolitic molecular sieve at a partial pressure of 500 torr and a temperature of 20.degree. C. The process is especially useful for the conversion of cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam. The non-zeolitic molecular sieves can achieve improved conversion rates and selectivities as compared with conventional zeolite catalysts for the reaction.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is prepared in a process comprising(a) a Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime with oleum at from 70.degree. to 130.degree. C. in one or more rearrangement stages, and(b) aftertreatment of the reaction mixture obtained from the rearrangement stage in a delay zone at from 70.degree. to 110.degree. C. for from 10 to 600 minutes.
Abstract:
In a process for the preparation of .epsilon.-caprolactam by catalytic rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime in the gas phase at from 230.degree. to 450.degree. C. over a supported catalyst, containing boron trioxide, in a fluidized bed, wherein the catalyst is removed from the fluidized bed at the rate at which it becomes spent and is treated, in a fluidized state, with gases containing molecular oxygen at from 600.degree. to 900.degree. C., after which boron trioxide or boric acid is added to the fluidized catalyst, at from 300.degree. to 900.degree. C., before the catalyst is returned to the fluidized bed, the improvement that boron trioxide or boric acid of particle size from 0.05 to 1.5 mm is fed to the fluidized catalyst at one or more points.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of lactames according to the so-called "Beckmann rearrangement" which consists in isomerizing oximes in a sulfuric solution, the weight ratio percentage of sulfuric acid to the combined amount of sulfuric acid and water being raised to a value above that of the sulfuric solution feed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process for separating 11-cyanoundecanoic acid, cyclohexanone and .epsilon.-caprolactam from a pyrolysis product obtained by pyrolyzing 1,1'-peroxydicyclohexylamine in the presence of steam at a temperature of 300.degree. to 1,000.degree. C. The pyrolysis product is first contacted with a mixture comprised of aqueous ammonia and at least one organic solvent selected from benzene, toluene and xylene, and the so prepared liquid is separated into the oily layer and the aqueous layer. On one hand, the oily layer is distilled to separate cyclohexanone therefrom. On the other hand, the aqueous layer is acidified to a pH of below 4.0 by adding thereto a mineral acid and maintained at a temperature of 40.degree. to 100.degree. C. to separate crude 11-cyanoundecanoic acid in molten form from the aqueous layer, and then, the separated crude molten 11-cyanoundecanoic acid is washed with hot water to extract .epsilon.-caprolactam therefrom.
Abstract:
A process for the production of .epsilon.-caprolactum from cyclohexanone oxime by rearrangement in the gaseous phase on a fluid-bed catalyst containing boron oxide, wherein residues from the distillation of cyclohexanone oxime are introduced into the reaction in liquid form, and wherein from 5 to 500 times their quantity of cyclohexanone oxime in vapor form and at least 50 times their quantity of inert gas are present during the reaction.