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:
A process for synthesizing an oxime by reacting an organic carbonyl compound with a hydroxylammonium sulfate and ammonium hydrogen sulfate in the presence of ammonium dihydrogen phosphate whereby an aqueous solution of phosphoric acid and ammonium sulfate is obtained after separating the oxime product therefrom. The phosphoric acid, ammonium sulfate solution can be used in processing rock phosphate with the aid of nitric acid to product a fertilizer composition having a N to P2O5 ratio of approximately 1:1.