Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTAMS AND SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVES OF ACTIVE HYDROGEN-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF OXIMES, ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS, THIOLS, PRIMARY AMINES AND SECONDARY AMINES, WHICH COMPRISES REACTING A LACTAM-O-SULFONIC ACID WITH A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE SPECIFIED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS UNDER SUBSTANTIALLY ANHYDROUS CONDITIONS.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTAMS, WHICH COMPRISES TREATING A LACTAM-STANNIC HALIDE COMPLEX WITH AN ALICYCLIC KETOXIME TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING LACTAM AND ALICYCLIC KETOXIME-STANNIC HALIDE COMPLEX.
Abstract:
PROCESS AND APPARTUS FOR PREPARING A CATALYST FOR THE ANIONIC POLYMERIZATION OF LACTAMS, IN WHICH A LACTAM AND A ALKALI METAL HYDROXIDE ARE CONTINOUSLY FED INTO A FIRST REACTION VESSEL THE LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID VESSEL BEING KEPT CONSTANT BY FEEDING A PORTION OF THE REACTION MIXTURE INTO A SECOND VESSEL AND THE LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID SECOND VESSEL BEING KEPT CONSTANT BY DISCHARGINGG A CONTINUOUS STREAM OF THE REACTION MIXTURE FROM SAID VESSEL. THE WATER FORMED IN THE REACTION VESSELS IS EVAPORATED BY HEATING IN VACUO AND THE VAPOUR THUS FORMED IS PASSED THROUGH A CONDENSER IN WHICH THE LACTAM IS CONDENSED AND RETURNED TO THE REACTION VESSELS.