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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eberhard Fuchs, Frankenthal, DE;
Guenther Achhammer, Mannheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
540539 ; 540540 ; 203 73 ; 203 78 ; 203D / ; 203D / ;
Abstract
An improved process for the preparation of caprolactam by heating 6-aminocapronitrile in the presence of a heterogenous catalyst and water under superatmospheric pressure without rapid deactivation of the catalysts used. The process further includes the addition of a low or high boiling alcohol in the heating phase, after which the products are obtained by distillation. The process further includes a method of working up the top and bottom products of the reactors to achieve higher yields.