Title:
METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAUROLACTAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009275005
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an industrially advantageous production method by which laurolactam can readily be produced in high yield in the production of the laurolactam by Beckmann rearrangement of cyclododecanone oxime.
The method for producing the laurolactam includes carrying out the Beckmann rearrangement of the cyclododecanone oxime in a nonpolar solvent in the presence of phosphorus pentoxide, zinc chloride and a nitrile compound.
Inventors:
SUGIMOTO TSUNEMI
Application Number:
JP2008128958A
Publication Date:
November 26, 2009
Filing Date:
May 16, 2008
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UBE INDUSTRIES
International Classes:
C07D201/04; C07D225/02; C07B61/00