Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Takeya Abe

Takeshi Fukuda

Kenju Sasaki

Minato Karasawa

Kiyoshi Ito

Tamotsu Asano

Seiichi Watanabe

Takuji Shimizu

Takeshi Iwaki

Kiyoshi Itou

Teruo Arii

Hiroko Shibamoto

Toshikazu Aikawa

Masanori Muramoto

Souichi Hazama

Toshihisa Tachibana

A method for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound in an aqueous medium in the presence of a catalyst having a nitrile hydratase activity wherein the concentration of benzene in the aqueous medium is 4.0 ppm or less and a method for producing an amide-based polymer excellent in quality from the amide compound. Also provided are a method for more efficiently producing an acrylamide with higher quality by a microbial catalyst containing a nitrile hydratase and the like and a method for producing an acrylamide-based polymer, which is excellent in hue, has a good balance between water solubility and high molecular weight and is excellent in quality.

Method for producing amide compound

A process for producing (meth)acrylamide using a microbial catalyst, wherein production steps can be simplified and production cost can be reduced. The process for producing (meth)acrylamide of the present involves (a) a step of allowing (meth)acrylonitrile to undergo hydration reaction by the use of a microbial catalyst containing nitrile hydratase in an aqueous medium to obtain a (meth)acrylamide reaction solution (I) and (b) a step of removing impurities from the reaction solution (I) to obtain a (meth)acrylamide aqueous solution (II), wherein the concentration of (meth)acrylamide in the reaction solution (I) obtained in the step (a) is higher than the concentration of (meth)acrylamide in the aqueous solution (II) obtained in the step (b) by 2 to 20% by weight.

Process for producing (meth)acrylamide

The invention is to provide a process for effectively removing impurities contained in an amide compound-containing solution by making an amide compound-containing solution, particularly an amide compound-containing solution produced by a hydration reaction of a nitrile compound by using a microorganism fungus body containing nitrile hydratase or a processed product of the microorganism fungus body, in contact with activated carbon under acidic conditions.

Method of purifying amide compound

An amide composition containing an unsaturated amide, a sulfur-containing compound, and a weak acid salt. The composition can include an amide in crystalline form or the composition can be in form of aqueous solution. The composition can exhibit improved stability whereby polymerization of the amide is inhibited.

Stabilized amide composition

The invention is a process for continuously producing an amide compound by reacting a microorganism fungus body containing nitrile hydratase or a processed product of the microorganism fungus body with a nitrile compound in an aqueous medium, characterized in that after contacting said fungus body or said processed product of said fungus body with said nitrile compound in said aqueous medium, a reaction solution thus obtained is further subjected to reaction under conditions having a plug flow region, and according to the invention, an amide compound aqueous solution of a high concentration a high purity can be easily obtained in an extremely high conversion rate of a nitrile compound without a condensation process.

Process for producing amide compounds

A curing agent having less odor and providing a cured resin which is excellent in appearance, mechanical properties, water resistance and chemical resistance, and a one-component type humidity-curing resin composition having excellent storage stability and providing a cured matter which is excellent in appearance and physical properties. Specifically, provided are polyaminoamide or ketimine obtained by dehydration of 2,5- and/or 2,6-bis(aminomethyl)-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane with carboxylic acids or ketones, a curing agent for epoxy resins using the same and a one-component type humidity-curing epoxy resin or urethane prepolymer composition containing the curing agent.

Curing agent for resins and resin composition containing the same

A curing agent having less odor and providing a cured resin which is excellent in appearance, mechanical properties, water resistance and chemical resistance, and a one-component type humidity-curing resin composition having excellent storage stability and providing a cured matter which is excellent in appearance and physical properties. Specifically, provided are polyaminoamide or ketimine obtained by dehydration of 2,5- and/or 2,6-bis(aminomethyl)-bicyclo�2.2.1!heptane with carboxylic acids or ketones, a curing agent for epoxy resins using the same and a one-component type humidity-curing epoxy resin or urethane prepolymer composition containing the curing agent.

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Chiba, Japan

Takeya Abe