Abstract:
A process for the preparation of caprolactam by reacting cyclohexanone oxime with an anionic surfactant and a cosurfactant in dilute sulfuric acid at a temperature in the range of 15.degree. C. to 40.degree. C., neutralising excess acid present in the solution and from the solution by filtration.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a lactam, which comprises subjecting a cycloalkanone oxime to a Beckmann rearrangement reaction in a gas phase in the presence of a carrier-supported catalyst containing tantalum, wherein the carrier-supported catalyst is the one prepared by contacting an organic compound containing tantalum to a silica carrier having pores with pore diameters of from to 150,000 .ANG. wherein the pore volume of pores with pore diameters of from 40 to 2,000 .ANG. is at least 80% of the total pore volume of pores with pore diameters of from 40 to 150,000 .ANG..
Abstract:
A reaction accelerator for rearrangement of an oxime to an amide consisting of an alkylating agent and an N,N-disubstituted formamide or N,N-disubstituted carboxylic acid amide represented by formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be the same or different, represent alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or substituted or unsubstituted phenyl groups having 6 to 9 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms. An amide can effectively be produced by rearranging a corresponding oxime in the presence of said reaction accelerator.
Abstract:
.epsilon.-caprolactam is prepared by gas phase catalytic synthesis where cyclohexanone oxime is brought into contact with a crystalline zeolite, for example, aluminosilicate zeolite or metallosilicate zeolite having a constraint index of 1-12 which has been surface treated with an organometallic compound represented by the general formula: R.sub.4-n MX.sub.n wherein R which may be identical or different represent an alkyl group of 1-6 carbon atoms or phenyl group, M represnets Si or Ge, X represents Cl or an alkoxy group of 1-6 carbon atoms and n represents 1 or 2.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of caprolactam wherein, in a first stage, cyclohexanone-oxime is vaporized, in the presence of inert gases, by bringing it into contact with a fluidized bed of inert solid particles at from 150.degree. to 250.degree. C., and the mixture of cyclohexanone-oxime vapor and inert gases is passed into a second stage, where the cyclohexanone-oxime is rearranged to caprolactam at from 230.degree. to 450.degree. C. over a supported catalyst, containing boron trioxide, in a fluidized bed.
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of catalyst granulates from carbon black, boric acid, water and optionally nitrogenous additives, characterized in that from 3 to 50% by weight of a finely divided catalyst, which has already been used for the preparation of caprolactam and which has optionally been regenerated, are added.
Abstract:
A process for the regeneration of a granular, supported catalyst of boric acid on carbon, wherein a part of the catalyst is removed from a fluidized bed reactor, in which cyclohexanone oxime is rearranged into caprolactam on this catalyst, when the "differential content in the catalyst of organic nitrogen" is between 0.3 and 2.0% by weight and is replaced by an equal amount of regenerated catalyst so that the differential organic nitrogen content remains in the above-mentioned range, the quantity of catalyst removed is regenerated with air in a fluidized bed at a temperature of from 400.degree. to 700.degree. C. and is returned to the fluidized bed reactor used for rearrangement when a further part of the catalyst is removed therefrom for regeneration.
Abstract:
Reaction of 3-hydroxy cephalosporins with alkylfluorosulfonates in the presence of a base provides 3-alkoxy cephalosporins which are useful as intermediates for cephalosporin antibiotic preparation.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTAMS, WHICH COMPRISES TREATING A LACTAM-STANNIC HALIDE COMPLEX WITH AN ALICYCLIC KETOXIME TO FORM THE CORRESPONDING LACTAM AND ALICYCLIC KETOXIME-STANNIC HALIDE COMPLEX.
Abstract:
AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PROCESS TO PRODUCE LACTAMS BY CATALYTICALLY REARRANGING CYCLIC KETOXIMES BY PASSING A GAS MIXTURE CONSISTING OF A GASEOUS CYCLIC KETONXINE AND STEAM OR A MIXTURE OF A GASEOUS CYCLIC KETOXIME, STEAM AND AN INERT GAS OVER A BORON OXIDE CATALYST AT TEMPERATURES OF FROM 200 TO 400*C. AND RECOVERING THE LACTAM FROM THE GAS MIXTURE THUS OBTAINED. BEFORE. BEFORE PASSING THE STEAM OVER THE BORON OXIDE CATALYST THEY ARE SATURATED WITH BORON OXIDE BY PASSING OVER THE X-RAY CRYSTALLINE MODIFICATION OF BORON OXIDE AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM 200 TO 450C.