摘要:
A method for the preparation of omega lactams is disclosed, more particularly epsilon caprolactam or a precursor thereof (such as cyclohexanone oxime), using as the starting material a cyclomethylene ketene, with the simultaneous formation of side products such as cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, wherein an adduct is preliminarly formed between cyclomethylene ketene and sulphur dioxide. The adduct is then reacted with a nitrosating agent so as to obtain, under the appropriate reaction conditions, the expected lactam, more specifically epsilon caprolactam.
摘要:
THERE IS DESCRIBED A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF OMEGA-LACTAMS HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA:
O=C WHEREIN N= FROM 2 TO 13, AND/OR OF THEIR LACTAMIZABLE PRECURSORS, WHICH MAY BE CYCLOALIPHATIC OXIMES OR CYCLOALIPHATIC NITROSO DERIVATIVES, MONOMERS OR DIMERS CHARACTERIZED BY THE FACT THAT THE CORRESPONDING CYCLOMETHYLENE KETENE, HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA
O=C=C WHERE N HAS THE AFOREMENTIONED VALUE, IS SUBJECTED TO NITROSATION WITH A NITROSATING AGENT OF THE FORMULLA NOX, WHERE X CAN BE -HSOBJ4, -CL, -NO2, -OR (IN WHICH R INDICATES AN ALKYL OR ARYL ORGANIC SUBSTITUENT), AT A TEMPERATURE COMPRISED BETWEEN -60*C. AND + 100*C.