Abstract:
Caprolactam is recovered from oligomers and/or polymers of caprolactam by cleavage of oligomers and/or polymers of caprolactam and subsequent working up by distillation of the caprolactam obtained in the cleavage, by a process including (a) cleaving oligomers and/or polymers of caprolactam to obtain an aqueous reaction mixture which contains caprolactam, (b) removing water from the reaction mixture obtained under (a) to obtain a residue, (c) distilling the residue obtained under (b) in an acidic medium and (d) then distilling the distillate in an alkaline medium to obtain caprolactam, or (c') distilling the residue obtained under (b) in an alkaline medium and (d') then distilling the distillate in an acidic medium to obtain caprolactam.
Abstract:
A platinum-on-graphite catalyst having a platinum content of from 0.01 to 5% w/w, wherein the graphite support has an apparent density of from 1.7 to 2.2 g/ml and the use thereof as a hydrogenation catalyst.
Abstract:
Hydroxylammonium salts are prepared by catalytic reduction of nitrogen monoxide with hydrogen at elevated temperature in a dilute aqueous solution of a mineral acid in the presence, in suspension, of a supported platinum catalyst obtainable by precipitating metallic platinum from an aqueous platinum solution onto a support by means of a reducing agent in the presence of an organic chelating agent and partially poisoned with sulfur.
Abstract:
Pure hydroxylammonium salts of fatty acids of 1 to 4 carbon atoms are prepared by reacting hydroxylammonium sulfate and alkali metal salts of fatty acids with 1 to 4 carbon atoms in solution at elevated temperatures and separating off the hydroxylammonium salts of fatty acids of 1 to 4 carbon atoms by(a) reacting hydroxylammonium sulfate and alkali metal salts of fatty acids of 1 to 4 carbon atoms in solution in water or alkanols of 1 to 3 carbon atoms or mixtures thereof at 20.degree.-70.degree. C.,(b) evaporating the solvent out of the reaction mixture to obtain a dry residue,(c) isolating the hydroxlammonium salts of fatty acids of 1 to 4 carbon atoms from the dry residue thus obtained by sublimation under reduced pressure.
Abstract:
Frozen crystal layers are purified by a process in which these crystal layers, after they have been frozen out from a melt or solution on a cooling surface, are brought into contact with a purifying liquid and thus purified over their entire thickness, after which the said layers are separated from the purifying liquid and then melted, wherein the temperature of the crystal layers and of the purifying liquid is close to the melting point or solubility temperature, mass transfer at the phase boundary is intensified by forced convection, and this purification is carried out in the course of from 1 to 60 minutes on layers having a thickness of from 0.2 to 10 mm.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of caprolactam wherein, in a first stage, cyclohexanone-oxime is vaporized, in the presence of inert gases, by bringing it into contact with a fluidized bed of inert solid particles at from 150.degree. to 250.degree. C., and the mixture of cyclohexanone-oxime vapor and inert gases is passed into a second stage, where the cyclohexanone-oxime is rearranged to caprolactam at from 230.degree. to 450.degree. C. over a supported catalyst, containing boron trioxide, in a fluidized bed.
Abstract:
A process of use of hydrogenation catalyst, obtainable by carrying out essentially the following steps:(a) treatment of a platinum metal salt with finely divided sulfur followed by(b) reduction of the platinum metal salt to metallic platinum metal.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is recovered from polycaprolactam by hydrolyric cleavage of polycaprolactam with from 5 to 50 parts by weight of water per part by weight of polycaprolactam at from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure to give an aqueous solution or suspension which contains monomeric caprolactam and oligomers thereof and may contain polycaprolactam and subsequent isolation of monomeric caprolactam from the aqueous solution or suspension by distillation or extraction, by a process in which the hydrolyric cleavage is carried out in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide at a pH of from 5 to 10.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of hydroxylammonium salts by the reduction of nitrogen oxide (NO) with hydrogen in dilute aqueous mineral acid in the presence of a suspended platinum catalyst which is partially poisoned with arsenic, at elevated temperature, wherein the catalyst used is one which has been produced by precipitation of metallic platinum from an aqueous solution on to a suspended support in the presence of an oxidic arsenic compound, by means of a reducing agent.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is obtained by cleaving oligomers of caprolactam by a process in which the oligomers, in a liquid or solid state, are introduced into a fluidized alumina bed and cleaved at from 290.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of steam, and, in addition to the amount of inert gas required to fluidize the alumina bed, from 0.1 to 3 times this amount of inert gas is introduced above the fluidized bed.