Abstract:
A process for producing Alpha -amino acid by hydrolyzing a hydantoin compound in which the hydrolysis is effected while withdrawing out of the system ammonia and carbon dioxide generated during the hydrolysis and while during the reaction period, adjusting the amount of reaction medium to at least 1.5 l. per mole of the hydantoin compound initially employed. Particularly, a process in which the hydrolysis is effected in such a manner that an aqueous alkaline solution of hydantoin compound is fed to the upper part of a plate column-type reactor or packed column-type reactor and, simultaneously, steam is fed from the lower part of said reactor, while withdrawing ammonia and carbon dioxide out of the system. By thus effecting the hydrolysis without concentrating the reaction liquid, and while withdrawing the generated gases out of the system, Alpha -amino acid can be produced in high yields.
Abstract:
A process for producing rubber-modified plastics excellent in impact strength and color rendering which comprises dissolving rubber into a mixture of acrylonitrile and styrene containing or not one or more of other vinyl monomers copolymerizable with them, subjecting the resultant solution to bulk polymerization under heating without using any polymerization initiator until the total conversion of the vinyl monomers reaches to a range of 3.5 to 15% by weight, adding a chain transfer agent to the resulting reaction mixture, continuing the bulk polymerization until the total conversion of the vinyl monomers reaches to a range of 20 to 40% by weight and subjecting the thus prepared prepolymer to suspension polymerization in the presence of lauroyl peroxide as a polymerization initiator.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A-AMINO ACID COMPRISING INTRODUCING A SYNTHESIS LIQUID OF A HYDANTOIN COMPOUND DIRECTLY INTO A HYDROLYSIS STEP TO EFFECT THE HYDROLYSIS OF SAID COMPOUND AND THEN CONCENTRATING THE RESULTING REACTION LIQUID AS WELL AS RECOVERING AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE TO RECYCLE THEM TO THE SYNTHESIS STEP OF THE HYDANTION COMPOUND. ACCORDING TO THIS PROCESS, NOT ONLY A-AMINO ACID CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCED IN HIGH YIELDS BUT ALSO THE REACTION LIQUID CAN BE CONCENTRATION WITHOUT ACCOMPANYING THE DEGENERATION AND POLYMERIZATION OF A-AMINO ACID AND, MOREOVER, AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAN BE RECOVERED IN LARGE AMOUNTS AND CAN BE RE-USED.