Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR RECOVERING E-CAPROLATAM FRO SOLUTIONS OF E-CAPROLACTAM AND SULPHURIC ACID AND SO3 IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN AMMONIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE OR ALKALI METAL DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE IS ADDED TO THE LACTAM, SULPHURIC ACID SOLUTION AND THE SOLUTION THEN SUBJECTED TO EXTRACTION BY A SUBSTANTIALLY WATER IMMISCIBLE SOLVENT FOR THE LACTAM WHEREBY THE LACTAM IS EXTRACTED FROM THE SULPHURIC ACID SOLUTION AND THE LACTAM FREE SULPHURIC ACID SOLUTION CAN BE USED TO PROCESS ROCK PHOSPHATE TO GYPSUM AND PHOSPHORIC ACID AND THE PHOSPHORIC ACID BEING CONVERTED TO AMMONIUM OR ALKALI METAL DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE TO BE USED IN TREATING FURTHER SOLUTIONS OF LACTAM AND SULPHURIC ACID.
Abstract:
BY EXTRACTING A LACTAM-CONTAINING REACTION MIXTURE OBTAINED FROM THE BECKMANN REARRANGEMENT REACTION OF A CYCLIC KETOXIME IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER WITH LIQUID SULFUR DIOXIDE, THE LACTAM CAN BE EFFECTIVELY SEPARATED IN THE PURE STATE.
Abstract:
Lactams are purified by forming a melt of crude lactam and adding to it sufficiently finely divided solid crude lactam to make a mixture in which the melt forms 50-90% by weight, maintaining the mixture in an adiabatic state and, after melting equilibrium is reached, separating crystals of purified lactam from the mixture. The process is particularly suitable for the purification of lactams having 7-13 ring members. The crude lactam may be subjected to a preliminary treatment with potassium permanganate prior to purification.