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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1987
Toni Dockner, Meckenheim, DE;
Manfred Sauerwald, Roedersheim-Gronau, DE;
Rolf Fischer, Heidelberg, DE;
Hans-Martin Hutmacher, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Claus-Ulrich Priester, Meckenheim, DE;
Uwe Vagt, Speyer, DE;
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Abstract
In an improved process for preparing caprolactam by heating 6-aminocaproic acid, an ester or amide or mixture thereof in the presence of an inert reaction medium which is liquid under the reaction conditions and has a boiling point above that of caprolactam, the improvement comprises using as the reaction medium a hydrocarbon, maintaining a temperature of from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C., charging the 6-aminocaproic acid, ester, amide or mixture thereof at a rate commensurate with their rate of conversion, and separating caprolactam from the reaction mixture at a rate commensurate with its rate of formation.