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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger A Grey, West Chester, PA (US);
Diandre Armstead, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Assignee:
ARCO Chemical Technology, L.P., Greenville, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
548552 ; 546257 ; 546287 ; 546288 ; 546304 ; 546332 ; 546348 ; 546 88 ;
Abstract
A cyclocarbonylation process for making pyrrolidones under mild temperature and pressure conditions is disclosed. In the process, an allylic amine reacts with carbon monoxide in the presence of a rhodium carbonyl catalyst and an amount of a pyridine promoter effective to enhance the yield of pyrrolidone obtained in the process compared with the yield obtained in the absence of the promoter. The process can be used to make N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone from N-methylallylamine.