Abstract:
A method for producing a high purity, high quality amide compound, particularly a lactam. An amount of each of a halide, an aldehyde compound, an alcohol compound and a nitrile compound contained in a solution recycled into an oxime-forming step is controlled to an amount of 0.4 mol% or less based on the ketone as a starting material. One or more of a ketone, an oxime and an amide compound are purified by hydrogenation and/or crystallization for eliminating impurities containing a double bond. A content of impurities having a cyclic bridge structure is controlled using a cycloalkanone purified by recrystallization.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for preparing an amide. The method includes the steps of performing in a reactor including a catalyst composition having a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and sulfuric acid Beckman rearrangement of a ketoxime to form a product stream having the amide, wherein a molar ratio of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound to the sulfuric acid is from 1:1 to 1:8; and separating an organic phase having the amide and an aqueous phase having the catalyst composition from the product stream. The present invention facilitates the regeneration of the catalyst composition with low water content, so as to increase the conversion rate of a ketoxime and the selectivity of an amide.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone and hydroxylamine in a simple process and with high efficiency. The method comprises the following steps (a) to (e): (a) reacting cyclododecanone with hydroxylamine in an aqueous solution in the presence of an excess amount of cyclododecanone or a solvent to produce cyclododecanone oxime; (b) separating the reaction mixture obtained after the oxime-forming step into an oil and an aqueous phases and collecting a solution of cyclododecanone oxime of the oil phase as; (c) removing dissolved water from the solution of cyclododecanone oxime which is collected as an oily phase in the oil/aqueous phase separation step; (d) producing laurolactam from cyclododecanone oxime by rearrangement reaction using an aromatic-ring containing compound as a rearrangement catalyst; and (e) separating the produced laurolactam from the reaction mixture after the rearrangement step and purifying the laurolactam.
Abstract:
A process produces an amide or lactam by subjecting an oxime compound to rearrangement in a solvent in the presence of: at least one catalyst selected from the group consisting of an aromatic compound (A1) containing a leaving group bound to a carbon atom constituting the aromatic ring, the aromatic ring including, as a constitutive atom thereof, a heteroatom or including, as a constitutive atom thereof, a carbon atom bound to an electron-withdrawing group, and a compound (A2) containing a structure of Formula (1): -G-LA (1) wherein G represents P, N, S, B or Si atom; and LA represents a leaving group, wherein G is bound to one or more atoms or groups in addition to LA; and a co-catalyst including a halogen-containing organic acid, to give the corresponding amide or lactam, wherein, when the aromatic compound (A1) alone is used as the catalyst, the solvent is at least one solvent selected typically from hydrocarbon solvents. The production process can yield amides or lactams simply in high yields without causing large amounts of by-products such as ammonium sulfate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for preparing amides, in which an amino acid ionic liquid is used as both a reaction medium and a catalyst to catalyze Beckman rearrangement of a ketoxime, so as to produce an amide. In the method, the rearrangement is conducted by catalyzing a ketoxime with an amino acid ionic liquid having the asymmetric property at a moderate reaction temperature during a short reaction time, so as to produce an amide without adding other catalysts such as concentrate sulfuric acid. The method has advantages such as avoiding corrosion in equipments with pipelines, the high conversion rate of ketoximes and the high selectivity of amides.
Abstract:
An integrated process combines olefin epoxidation with production of cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol for nylon. Cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol normally produced by the oxidation of cyclohexane, in which cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is generated and is removed or decomposed down stream. However, this invention utilizes the intermediate of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide as an oxidant for the olefin epoxidation and meanwhile generates a valuable product.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of caprolactam by the catalytic rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime in which a vapour phase oxime is contacting a catalyst selected from an essentially amorphous, micro-mesoporous silica-alumina having a molar ratio SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of 30 to 5000, a surface area of at least 500 m.sup.2 /g and a total pore volume of 0.3 to 1.3 ml/g.
Abstract translation:通过环己酮肟的催化重排制备己内酰胺的方法,其中气相肟与选自摩尔比SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3的基本上无定形的微介孔二氧化硅 - 氧化铝的催化剂接触,催化剂肟的表面积 至少为500m 2 / g,总孔体积为0.3〜1.3ml / g。
Abstract:
An integrated process for producing cyclohexanone oxime, a caprolactam precursor, is provided wherein isopropanol is utilized to generate the hydrogen peroxide oxidizing agent. The acetone produced as a co-product is recycled back to the secondary alcohol by hydrogenation. Ammoximation of cyclohexanone is performed in the presence of water and an alcohol other than isopropanol such as methanol or t-butyl alcohol.
Abstract:
An integrated process for producing cyclohexanone oxime, a caprolactam precursor, is provided wherein a secondary alcohol is utilized to generate the hydrogen peroxide oxidizing agent and as a reaction medium for ammoximation. The ketone produced as a co-product is recycled back to the secondary alcohol by hydrogenation.
Abstract:
.epsilon.-Caprolactam is produced efficiently with high selectivity by contacting cyclohexanone oxime in gas phase with a solid catalyst which is a crystalline zeolite having a pore size smaller than molecular size of cyclohexanone oxime or a crystalline zeolite having closed pores.