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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank E Herkes, Wilmington, DE (US);
Robert Pestman, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen AF. Boogers, Maastricht, NL;
Assignees:
DSM N.V., Heerlen, NL;
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
540538 ; 540540 ;
Abstract
This continuous process for preparing an aqueous mixture of .di-elect cons.-caprolactam and 6-aminocaproic acid and/or 6-aminocaproamide by involves, as the reductive amination step, continuously contacting 5-formylvaleric acid or an alkyl 5-formylvalerate in water as solvent with hydrogen and an excess of ammonia in the presence of a ruthenium on carrier, as a catalyst, wherein the carrier is at least one of titanium oxide or zirconium oxide. The aqueous mixture can be used to prepare .di-elect cons.-caprolactam.