Showa Denko K.k.

Showa Denko Kabushiki Kaisha

Toshiyuki Aizawa

Hitoshi Nakamura

Tetsuo Kudo

Kunitoshi Wakabayashi

Kenji Shimamura

Shun-ichi Nagamatsu

Shuichi Sugita

Kuniomi Marumo

Yasuyuki Sakai

Kunio Imamura

Kazuo Kanbayashi

Noriyuki Suzuki

Tetsuhiko Yamaguchi

Yoshikazu Hosoda

Etsuko Mitarai

Hiroyuki Hasegawa

Masaaki Katayama

Shinya Saihata

A process for producing a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid amide, comprising reacting a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid with ammonia to thereby obtain a saturated aliphatic ammonium carboxylate and subjecting the saturated aliphatic ammonium carboxylate to a dehydration reaction for obtaining a saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid amide, wherein the dehydration reaction of the saturated aliphatic ammonium carboxylate is conducted while supplying water to a reaction system in which the dehydration reaction is carried out. Preferably, water is continuously supplied to the reaction system so that the production of the saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid amide is carried out in a continuous manner and the amount of water present in a steady state ranges from 20 to 70 mol per 100 mol of a total of the saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, the ammonia, the saturated aliphatic ammonium carboxylate, the saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid amide and the water. This process enables simplification of the production steps, ensures high operation efficiency, lowers production facility constructing and operating costs, reduces the amount of by-products and enables producing a high-purity carboxylic acid amide at a high selectivity, at a high yield and on an industrial scale.

Process for producing saturated aliphatic carboxylic acid amide

A process for producing N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic amides by reacting alcohols of 1-5 carbon atoms with N-vinylcarboxylic amides in the presence of an acidic catalyst, or by utilizing unreacted starting material, unreacted intermediate or unrecovered product for synthesis of N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic amides. A process for producing N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic amides by adding a water-soluble strong acid during reaction between a carboxylic amide and a starting material containing acetaldehyde and alcohol and/or a starting material containing an acetal, in an amount of 2.times.10.sup.-3 to 3.times.10.sup.-1 equivalents to 1 mole of the carboxylic amide in the starting material, and using a strongly acidic ion-exchange resin as the catalyst.

Process for producing N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic amides

A highly polymerizable N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide having an N-1,3-butadienylcarboxylic acid amide content of 30 ppm or less, a process for producing the same, and a process for producing a homopolymer of N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide or a copolymer thereof with another copolymerizable monomer using the same. Also, a highly polymerizable N-vinyl-carboxylic acid amide is produced by thermal cracking or catalytic cracking of N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide or ethylidenebiscarboxylic acid amide, wherein the N-vinyl-carboxylic acid amide content of the N-(1-alkoxyethyl)-carboxylic acid amide or ethylenebiscarboxylic acid amide is 10 wt % or less.

Highly polymerizable N-vinlycarboxylic acid amide and production process

A highly polymerizable N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide having an N-1,3-butadienylcarboxylic acid amide content of 30 ppm or less, a process for producing the same, and a process for producing a homopolymer of N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide or a copolymer thereof with another copolymerizable monomer using the same. Also, a highly polymerizable N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide is produced by thermal cracking or catalytic cracking of N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide or ethylidenebiscarboxylic acid amide, wherein the N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide content of the N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide or ethylenebiscarboxylic acid amide is 10 wt % or less.

Highly polymerizable N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide and production process

Process for producing n-(1-alkoxyethyl) carboxylic amides

A highly polymerizable N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide having an N-1,3-butadienylcarboxylic acid amide content of 30 ppm or less, a process for producing the same, and a process for producing a homopolymer of N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide or a copolymer thereof with another copolymerizable monomer using the same. Also, a highly polymerizable N-vinyl carboxylic acid amide is produced by thermal cracking or catalytic cracking of N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide or ethylidenebiscarboxylic acid amide, wherein the N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide content of the N-(1-alkoxyethyl)carboxylic acid amide or ethylenebiscarboxylic acid amide is 10 wt % or less.

The subject invention relates to an ointment comprising a homogeneous mixture of polymer or copolymer of N-vinylacetamide, as an essential component, water and/or alcohols, and a pharmacologically active component. The ointment may be coated or plastered onto the skin or mucosa of a human being or animal in order to effect a therapeutic response.

Ointment comprising a homogenous mixture of a polymer or copolymer of

A liquid absorption agent for water or organic solvents comprising, as a main component, a crosslinked N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide resin comprising the backbone chain of a homopolymer or copolymer comprising repeating units of the formula shown below crosslinked with a crosslinking agent: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or methyl;

Method for producing ceramics using crosslinked N-vinylcarboxylic and

A process for producing acetaldehyde dimethylacetal comprising reacting acetaldehyde and methanol in the presence of an acid catalyst is disclosed, in which the reaction is carried out in a part of a rectification tower while conducting rectification to withdraw the water by-produced from the bottom of the tower and to recover a distillate containing the acetaldehyde dimethylacetal produced from the top of the tower. The distillate is subjected to azeotropic distillation in the presence of n-hexane or cyclohexane to separate methanol as an azeotrope with n-hexane or cyclohexane and a small amount of the acetaldehyde dimethylacetal and to recover high purity acetaldehyde dimethylacetal as a bottom.

Process for producing acetaldehyde dimethylacetal

A (co)polymer suitable for bases or auxiliary agents for external application (for example, hydrophilic gels, adhesives, thickeners or excipients) to be coated or plastered onto the skin or mucosa of a human being or animal, such as ointment agents (ointment, hydrogel, jelly or cream), plastering agents (molded poultice, tape agent or plaster agent), sticky bandages (sticky bandage, strap, wound strap, surgical tape, taping material, supporter), and to preparations for external application containing same.

External application base or auxiliary agent and external application

A fine particulate crosslinked type N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide resin having an average particle size of 10 .mu.m or less comprising backbone chains of a homopolymer or copolymer comprising repeating units (A) or (A) and (B) of the formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or methyl group; X represents a group --COOY, wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group or a lower alkyl group substituted with hydroxyl group, a dialkylamino group or a quaternary ammonium group; a group --CONHZ, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group substituted with a dialkylamino group, a quaternary ammonium group, a sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; a cyano group, a 2-ketopyrroridinyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower acyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a lower alkyl group substituted with sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group, with proviso that when R.sup.3 is a methyl group, X is not a cyano group, a 2 -ketopyrrolidinyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower acyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group and a lower alkyl group substituted with sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, p represents 0 or 1, and the molar ratio of m:n represents 30-100:70-0.

Fine particulate crosslinked type n-vinylamide resin and microgel,

A liquid absorption agent for water or organic solvents comprising, as a main component, a crosslinked N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide resin comprising the backbone chain of a homopolymer or copolymer comprising repeating units of the formula shown below crosslinked with a crosslinking agent: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, and R.sup.3 independently represent a hydrogen atom or methyl; X represents a group --COOY, wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, or lower alkyl substituted with hydroxyl, dialkylamino or quaternary ammonium group; a group --CONHZ, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl substituted with a dialkylamino group, quaternary ammonium group, sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; cyano, 2-ketopyrrolidinyl, lower alkoxy, lower acyl, lower acyloxy or lower alkyl substituted with sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, with a proviso that when R.sup.3 is methyl, X is not cyano, 2-ketopyrrolidinyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkylcarbonyl, lower alkoxycarbonyl and lower alkyl substituted with sulfonic acid or a salt thereof; M represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal; p represents 0 or 1; and a molar ratio of m:n is 50-100:50-0.

Liquid absorption agent

A fine particulate crosslinked type N-vinylcarboxylic acid amide resin having an average particle size of 10 .mu.m or less comprising backbone chains of a homopolymer or copolymer comprising repeating units (A) or (A) and (B) of the formulae: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or methyl group; X represents a group --COOY, wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl group or a lower alkyl group substituted with hydroxyl group, a dialkylamino group or a quaternary ammonium group; a group --CONHZ, wherein Z represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group substituted with a dialkylamino group, a quaternary ammonium group, a sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; a cyano group, a 2-ketopyrroridinyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower acyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a lower alkyl group substituted with sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof; M represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal or an ammonium group, with proviso that when R.sup.3 is a methyl group, X is not a cyano group, a 2-ketopyrrolidinyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower acyl group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group and a lower alkyl group substituted with sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof, p represents 0 or 1, and the molar ratio of m:n represents 30-100:70-0.

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Toshiyuki Aizawa