Abstract:
Oximes can be converted to the corresponding amides by contacting the oximes with a non-zeolitic molecular sieve, which has in its calcined form an adsorption of isobutane of at least about 2 percent by weight of the non-zeolitic molecular sieve at a partial pressure of 500 torr and a temperature of 20.degree. C. The process is especially useful for the conversion of cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam. The non-zeolitic molecular sieves can achieve improved conversion rates and selectivities as compared with conventional zeolite catalysts for the reaction.
Abstract:
Caprolactam is prepared in a process comprising(a) a Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime with oleum at from 70.degree. to 130.degree. C. in one or more rearrangement stages, and(b) aftertreatment of the reaction mixture obtained from the rearrangement stage in a delay zone at from 70.degree. to 110.degree. C. for from 10 to 600 minutes.
Abstract:
In a process for the preparation of .epsilon.-caprolactam by catalytic rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime in the gas phase at from 230.degree. to 450.degree. C. over a supported catalyst, containing boron trioxide, in a fluidized bed, wherein the catalyst is removed from the fluidized bed at the rate at which it becomes spent and is treated, in a fluidized state, with gases containing molecular oxygen at from 600.degree. to 900.degree. C., after which boron trioxide or boric acid is added to the fluidized catalyst, at from 300.degree. to 900.degree. C., before the catalyst is returned to the fluidized bed, the improvement that boron trioxide or boric acid of particle size from 0.05 to 1.5 mm is fed to the fluidized catalyst at one or more points.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of lactames according to the so-called "Beckmann rearrangement" which consists in isomerizing oximes in a sulfuric solution, the weight ratio percentage of sulfuric acid to the combined amount of sulfuric acid and water being raised to a value above that of the sulfuric solution feed.
Abstract:
A process for the production of .epsilon.-caprolactum from cyclohexanone oxime by rearrangement in the gaseous phase on a fluid-bed catalyst containing boron oxide, wherein residues from the distillation of cyclohexanone oxime are introduced into the reaction in liquid form, and wherein from 5 to 500 times their quantity of cyclohexanone oxime in vapor form and at least 50 times their quantity of inert gas are present during the reaction.
Abstract:
An improved process for the manufacture of cyclohexanone oxime by reacting cyclohexanone with an aqueous hydroxylammonium-ammonium sulfate solution at temperatures above the melting point of cyclohexanone oxime by the countercurrent process, the improvement consisting in that the reaction is carried out in the absence of solvents and neutralizing and/or buffer salts at pHs of up to 0.5 until equilibrium is reached, the oximes resulting during the reaction being separated from the aqueous phase and the aqueous phase being extracted with cyclohexanone and then subjected to steam distillation.
Abstract:
Continuous production of lactams by rearrangement of cycloalkanone oximes at from 210.degree. to 450.degree.C in contact with a supported catalyst in a fluidized bed wherein from 0.01 to 1 kg of steam is introduced above the fluidized bed for each kg of cycloalkanone oxime supplied. Lactams are starting materials for the production of synthetic polyamides suitable for fibers.
Abstract:
A process for producing lactam by Beckmann rearrangement of cycloalkanone oxime. A cycloalkanone oxime is contacted at an elevated temperature, with sulfate or phosphate of metal ions selected from manganese, ferrous, ferric, cobalt, nickel, zinc and cadmium in the presence of at least one mole of hydrogen chloride per mole of the cycloalkanone oxime. Lactam can be recovered from the reaction mixture without producing ammonium sulfate as a by-product.
Abstract:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY PURE E-CAPROLACTAM CONTAINING LESS THAN 5 MEQ. OF IONOGENIC SUBSTANCES PER KG. OF LACTAM, OBTAINED BY INTRAMOLECULAR CONVERSION OF CYCLOHEXANONE OXIME WITH THE AID OF AN ACID CATALYST FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SULFURIC ACID, OLEUM AND SULPHUR TRIOXIDE, AND EXTRACTION OF THE REACTION MIXTURE AFTER DILUTION WITH WATER AND, OPTIONALLY AFTER PARTIAL NEUTRALIZATION OF THE SULPHURIC ACID, WITH A WATER-IMMISCIBLE ORGANIC SOLVENT FOR THE LACTAM, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING NEUTRALIZING THE RESULTING SOLVENT OF LACTAM IN THE ORGANIC SOLVENT WITH AQUEOUS AMMONIA TO A PH OF AT LEAST 4.5 (MEASURED AT 20* C.), THEREBY FORMING AN EMULSION OF AN AQUEOUS 15-40% WT. AMMONIUM SULPHATE SOLUTION EMULSIFIED IN THE ORGANIC SOLVENT, WASHING THE EMULSION WITH A COUNTERFLOW OF DEMINERALIZED WATER IN A WEIGHT RATIO OF 4-20 PARTS THEREBY REESTRACTING THE LACTAM FROM THE ORGANIC SOLVENT TO PRODUCE AN ECAPROLACTAM SOLUTION WITH LESS THAN 5 MEQ. OF IONOGENIC SUBSTANCES PER KG. OF LACTAM, WHILE THE RESULTING AQUEOUS LACTAM SOLUTION IS EVAPORATED, OPTIONALLY AFTER HAVING BEEN FREED OF ORGANIC IONGENIC COMPOUNDS ON CATION AND ANION EXCHANGERS.
Abstract:
1. ABRASION-RESISTANT CATALYST CONTAINING BORIC ACID AND BORON NITRIDE SUITABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF LACTAMS BY THE REARRANGEMENT OF CYCLIC KETOXIMES CONTAINING 5 TO 12 CARBON ATOMS IN THE RING IN THE GASEOUS PHASE AT A TEMPERATURE OF 200*C, TO 400:C., OBTAINED BY HEATING AT A TEMPERATURE OF 250* TO 900*C. (A) A MIXTURE OF BORIC ACID AND A SUPPORTING MATERIAL OF 1:4 TO 3:2, AND (B) -030% ACID: SUPPORTING MATERIAL OF 1:4 TO 3:2, AND (B) 1-30% BY WEIGHT BASED ON (A) OF A NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND WHICH FORMS BORON NITRIDE WITH BORIC ACID OR BORON TRIOXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HN4OH, (NH4)2CO3, NH4CL, UREA, GUANIDINE AND THIOUREA.