Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing ε-caprolactam, the method including the following steps (A) and (B): (A) a step of reacting 5-cyanovaleramide with hydrogen in an aqueous solvent in a presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to obtain a 5-cyanovaleramide hydrogenation reaction mixture; (B) a step of heating the 5-cyanovaleramide hydrogenation reaction mixture at a temperature of 180° C. or higher and 300° C. or lower in an aqueous solvent to obtain ε-caprolactam.
Abstract:
The present invention is a method of producing ε-caprolactam through adipamide as an intermediate, and characteristically includes a lactamization step of reacting adipamide, formed from a material compound, with hydrogen and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst containing: a metal oxide mainly containing an oxide(s) of one or more metallic elements selected from the group consisting of metallic elements of group 5 and groups 7 to 14 in the 4th to 6th periods of the periodic table; and a metal and/or a metal compound having a hydrogenation ability. The method can increase the selectivity of ε-caprolactam.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of producing adipic acid, including a step (hydrogenation step) of reacting 3-hydroxyadipic acid-3,6-lactone with hydrogen in an aqueous solvent in a presence of a hydrogenation catalyst. The hydrogenation catalyst preferably includes one kind or two or more kinds of transition metal elements selected from the group consisting of palladium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium, rhenium, nickel, cobalt, iron, iridium, osmium, copper, and chromium.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of producing a nitrile from a primary amide, characterized in that the primary amide is subjected to a dehydration reaction in a supercritical fluid in the presence of an acid catalyst. The present invention achieves the object of reducing the corrosion of a reactor and the thermal decomposition of raw materials, as well as provides the effect of improving the reaction rate and nitrile selectivity.
Abstract:
A polyarylene sulfide resin composition including a polyarylene sulfide (A) and an alkaline earth metal organic carboxylate (B) in an amount of 0.001 to 10 mol % based on the formula —(Ar—S)—, a repeating unit of polyarylene sulfide, wherein the polyarylene sulfide (A) has a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and a weight reduction during heating that satisfies the equation ΔWr=(W1-W2)/W1×100≦0.18 (%), wherein ΔWr is a weight reduction ratio (%) determined by a thermogravimetric analysis performed in a non-oxidizing atmosphere under normal pressure at a temperature rise rate of 20° C./min from 50° C. to any temperature equal to or higher than 330° C., wherein W1 is a sample weight at 100° C., and W2 is a sample weight at 330° C.
Abstract:
A block comprised of a copolymer is obtained by ring-opening polymerization of a cyclic polyarylene sulfide, so that a block copolymer is produced to have a maximum peak molecular weight measured by size exclusion chromatography (SEC) in a range of not less than 2,000 and less than 2,000,000 and have a unimodal molecular weight distribution in this range.