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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang F. Hölderich, Frankenthal, DE;
Gerd Dahlhoff, Bergheim, DE;
Hiroshi Ichihashi, Otsu, JP;
Keisuke Sugita, Niihama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
Abstract
A method is provided for producing &egr;-caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime by using a zeolite or non-zeolitic material as a catalyst under gas phase reaction conditions. The method comprises a reaction step converting cyclohexanone oxime into &egr;-caprolactam in the presence of the zeolite or non-zeolitic material; and a regeneration step of treating the zeolite or non-zeolitic material with a non-oxidizing gas at a temperature of from about 100°C. to about 600° C.