Abstract:
In the production of .epsilon.-caprolactam from cyclohexanon oxime in gaseous phase in the presence of solid catalysts, the catalysts, no matter whether they may have worked, are brought into contact with either aqueous solution of ammonium salts and at least one basic material or ammonia water.
Abstract:
.epsilon.-caprolactam is produced by gas phase catalytic synthesis with high selectivity of lactam wherein cyclohexanone oxime is brought into contact with a crystalline metallo-silicate catalyst having Si/metal atomic ratio is more than 500. The metal moiety in the catalyst is Ga, Fe, B, Zr, Bi, Nb, Zn, Be, Cr, La, Ti, Hf, V and/or Cu.
Abstract:
The present invention is a process for preparing lactams having 8 to 15 carbon atoms by the Beckmann rearrangement of the corresponding oximes in a solution of an organic solvent by means of 0.5 to 10% by weight referred to the oxime of an acid derivative acting as a catalyst. The anhydrides of organic sulfonic acids or of sulfuric acid half esters or mixed anhydrides of organic sulfonic acid and anhydrides of sulfuric acid half esters are used as the catalysts.
Abstract:
Process for preparing caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime by passing the oxime, preferably dissolved in a solvent, over a zeolite having a SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of at least 12 and a Constraint Index of from 1 to 12.
Abstract translation:通过使优选溶解在溶剂中的肟超过SiO 2 / Al 2 O 3至少为12且约束指数为1至12的沸石,从环己酮肟制备己内酰胺的方法。
Abstract:
A process for the continuous preparation of .epsilon.-caprolactam by Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime, dissolved in a solvent which is inert toward oleum and is immiscible with oleum and water, at an elevated temperature, with removal of the heat of rearrangement by evaporation of the solvent, wherein oleum containing caprolactam is circulated successively through a conveying zone, a mixing zone, a boiling zone and a separating zone, upstream of the conveying zone oleum is added at the rate at which it is consumed, in the mixing zone cyclohexanone-oxime dissolved in solvent is added under turbulent conditions, in the boiling zone the heat of rearrangement is removed in a conventional manner by evaporating the solvent and recycling the condensate, and in the separating zone the reaction mixture is separated into a solvent phase, from which solvent is withdrawn at the rate at which the phase is formed, and a caprolactam-containing oleum phase, which is removed at the rate at which it is formed.
Abstract:
Organic sulfoxides such as dimethylsulfoxide are used in the transformation of alicyclic ketoximes into the corresponding lactams according to the Beckmann rearrangement in the presence of a strong acid cation exchange resin as disclosed. Thus cyclohexanone is dissolved in DMSO and contacted with a sulfonated copolymer of styrene and divinyl benzene to produce caprolactam in a continuous process.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for the production of lactams by catalytic rearrangement of cycloketoximes in the presence of oleum. More specifically the invention relates to improving yields of lactam while reducing undesirable by-product formation by use of three stages of rearrangement with correlated adjustment of reaction conditions in each stage. Critical variables in each stage include acid concentration, free SO3 concentration, percent oxime added, reaction temperature and extent of mixing. Normally, the oxime fed to the process contains up to 6 percent water.
Abstract:
A process for recovering lactams from a mixture of one or more lactams and sulphuric acid is disclosed, wherein the sulphuric acid is neutralized with ammonia or an ammonium salt to ammonium hydrogen sulfate in the presence of a lactam solvent. The neutralization produces a melt of ammonium hydrogen sulfate and a solution of lactam in the organic solvent, and the melt is readily separated from the solution. The lactam can then be recovered from the organic solvent. The process allows the lactam to be recovered in good yield without producing, as by-product, ammonium sulfate.
Abstract:
A process for preparing and recovering lactams by the so-called Beckmann rearrangement of the corresponding ketoximes in a sulfuric acid medium is disclosed, wherein the mixture of lactam and sulfuric acid medium obtained from the Beckmann rearrangement is mixed with an aqueous solution of ammonium sulfate obtained as a by-product in the synthesis of hydroxylammonium sulfate in the preparation of said ketoximes. The lactam is then extracted from the resulting less acidic solution and the remaining acid solution, comprising an aqueous solution of ammonium hydrogen sulfate, is thermally decomposed to produce recoverable sulphur dioxide. The process of this invention can be used in the production of lactams while avoiding the production of ammonium sulfate byproduct.
Abstract:
THE PROCESS OF REARRANGING CYCLIC KETOXIMES IN THE GASEOUS PHASE IN THE PRESENCE OF BORIC ACID CATALYST TO THE CORRESPONDING LACTAMS IS IMPROVED BY USING THE BORIC ACID CATALYST WHICH ARE MORE ABRASION RESISTANT BY PARTIALLY NITRIDING THE CATALYST WITH A NITROGEN-CONTAINING MATERIAL E.G. AMMONIA UREA.