Abstract:
An improved process for the preparation of caprolactam by heating 6-aminocapronitrile in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst and water under superatmospheric pressure without rapid deactivation of the catalysts used. The process further includes the addition of a low or high boiling alcohol in the heating phase, after which the products are obtained by distillation. The process further includes a method of working up the top and bottom products of the reactors to achieve higher yields.
Abstract:
Caprolactam and hexamethylenediamine are prepared simultaneously starting from adiponitrile by a process in which (a) adiponitrile is partially hydrogenated to give a mixture containing essentially 6-aminocapronitrile, hexamethylenediamine, ammonia, adiponitrile and hexamethyleneimine, (b) the mixture obtained in (a) is subjected to a distillation to give ammonia as the top product and a bottom product I, (c) the bottom product I containing essentially 6-aminocapronitrile, hexamethylenediamine, adiponitrile, hexamethyleneimine, inert compound A and ammonia, the ammonia content being lower than that of the mixture used in stage (b), is subjected to a second distillation to give a mixture comprising the inert compound A and ammonia as the top product and a bottom product II, (d) the bottom product II is subjected, in a third column, to a distillation to give the inert compound A as the top product and a bottom product III, (e) the bottom product III is subjected, in a fourth column, to a distillation to give a top product KP1, containing essentially hexamethyleneimine and a bottom product IV, (f) the top product KP1 is subjected, in a fifth column, to a distillation to give a top product KP2, which contains essentially hexamethyleneimine, and (g) the bottom product IV containing essentially 6-aminocapronitrile and adiponitrile is subjected, in a sixth column, to a distillation to give 6-aminocapronitrile, and the 6-aminocapronitrile thus obtained is then cyclized to give caprolactam.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of .epsilon.-caprolactam and .epsilon.-caprolactam precursors, starting from the corresponding 5-formylvalerate ester, ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst is disclosed, wherein in a step (a) 5-formylvalerate ester is reacted with ammonia under non-hydrogenating conditions, and in a step (b) the reaction product obtained in step (a) is converted to .epsilon.-caprolactam and the .epsilon.-caprolactam precursor(s) under hydrogenating conditions, in the presence of ammonia.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of N-substituted lactams of the formula I ##STR1## where Z is C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkylene, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkylene, phenylene or naphthylene, andR.sup.1 is C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.10 -aryl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkyl,by hydrogenating a compound of the formula II ##STR2## where W is C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkylene, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkenylene, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkylene, phenylene or naphthylene, andX and Y together form an oxa or imido bridge of the formula ##STR3## or alternatively are identical or different and are hydroxyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkoxy, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.10 -aryloxy or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkoxy, and, if X and Y are different, Y, in addition to the abovementioned meanings, may also be hydrogen,at superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of an amine, which comprises using a secondary and/or tertiary amine of the formula IIINH.sub.n R.sub.3-n .sup.1where R.sup.1 is as defined above and n is 0 or 1, or a mixture of a secondary and/or teritary amine of this type with a primary amine of the formula IVR.sup.1 --NH.sub.2 (IV)as the starting material, and carrying out the reaction with addition of water and/or ammonia.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is prepared by heating a 6-aminocaproic ester at 100.degree.-320.degree. C. in the presence of a reaction medium comprising an aromatic hydrocarbon which is liquid under reaction conditions and has a boiling point from 80.degree. to 240.degree. C., and isolating caprolactam from the reaction medium.
Abstract:
.epsilon.-caprolactam is prepared by a process in which(a) a 5-formylvalerate is reacted with water in the presence of an acidic agent at from 30.degree. to 200.degree. C.,(b) the 5-formylvaleric acid thus obtained is reacted with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a solvent which is inert under the reaction conditions, at from 50.degree. to 150.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure, and(c) after the ammonia has been separated off, the resulting solution of 6-aminocaproic acid is heated to 150.degree.-370.degree. C. and the caprolactam formed is isolated.
Abstract:
A method of preparing .omega.-lactams, in particular caprolactam, comprising: a step of premixing cycloaliphatic acids having the formula ##STR1## where n=3-13, with a dehydrating agent; the first step of reaction with a nitrosating agent; the second step of reaction with the addition of a very small amount of water corresponding to a molar ratio U=H.sub.2 O/SO.sub.3 within the 0.1 to 0.9 range; and the step of reclaiming the unreacted cycloaliphatic acid. The method affords improved output from the lactamization reaction and reduced byproducts.
Abstract translation:一种制备ω-内酰胺,特别是己内酰胺的方法,包括:将具有式“IMAGE”的其中n = 3-13的脂环族酸与脱水剂预混合的步骤; 与亚硝化剂反应的第一步; 反应的第二步骤是加入相当于0.1至0.9范围内的摩尔比U = H 2 O / SO 3的非常少量的水; 以及回收未反应的脂环族酸的步骤。 该方法提供了来自内酰胺化反应的改进的产物和减少的副产物。
Abstract:
Process for the selective conversion of dinitriles into the corresponding lactam by treating the dinitrile with an effective amount of a hydrogenation catalyst such as copper chromite in combination with a co-catalyst, such as titania, at a temperature in the range of from about 200.degree. C. to about 400.degree. C. and at a pressure of at least 50 kPa in the presence of water and hydrogen.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is obtained by treating .epsilon.-aminocaproic acid with steam at elevated temperatures in the presence of a catalyst by a process in whcih .epsilon.-aminocaproic acid is introduced into a fluidized alumina bed and treated in the presence of steam at from 290.degree. to 400.degree. C.
Abstract:
Novel compound of the formula: ##STR1##wherein R.sup.1 is a pyridyl group; R.sup.2 is a phenyl, thienyl, furyl, naphthyl, benzothienyl or pyridyl group which may have as a substituent a lower alkoxy, a lower alkyl, a halogen, trifluoromethyl, a lower alkenyl or methylenedioxy; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, benzyl or a lower alkyl; one of R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl, and the other is an aryloxy, or lower aliphatic hydrocarbon, an alicyclic hydrocarbon having not more than 6 carbon atoms or an aromatic group which may have a substituent, or a group represented by the formula, --S(O).sub.m --R.sup.6 (in which R.sup.6 is phenyl or a lower alkyl group; m is an integer of 0 to 2), or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 each combine with the other to represent one alkylene group; n is an integer of 2 to 6, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has a selective inhibitory action on bio-synthesis of thromboxane A.sub.2 (TXA.sub.2) and an effect of enhancing the production of prostaglandin I.sub.2 (PGI.sub.2), and can be used in mammals for to prevention and treatment of arterial thrombosis caused by platelet aggregation or ischemic diseases caused by vasospasms in cardiac, cerebral and peripheral circulatory system (e.g. cardian infarction, apoplexy, infarct of blood vessels in kidney, lung and other organs, pectic ulcer, etc.).