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- Title
A Novel Route to One-step Formation of ɛ-caprolactam from Cyclohexane and Nitrosyl Sulfuric Acid Catalyzed by VPO Composites.
- Authors
Kuiyi You; Bohua Wu; Liqiu Mao; Dulin Yin; Pingle Liu; He’an Luo
- Abstract
A series of VPO composites were employed to catalyze the reaction of cyclohexane with nitrosyl sulfuric acid in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid. To our delight, ɛ-caprolactam was for the first time directly obtained through such one-step catalytic process. VPO composite catalysts were proven to be efficient for the reaction, especially, the transition metals introduced to Al–VPO composite catalysts could improve the reactions selectivity to some extent. Among them, the Mn–Al-VPO composite catalyst gave the best results with 11.65% of conversion and 34.70% of selectivity to ɛ-caprolactam. While the conversion and selectivity are too low at this time to be commercially viable, this discovery establishes a potential new single step process for making ɛ-caprolactam from cyclohexane. A reaction mechanism is proposed.
- Subjects
CAPROLACTAM; CYCLOHEXANE; NITROSYL chloride; SULFURIC acid; ALICYCLIC compounds; INORGANIC acids
- Publication
Catalysis Letters, 2007, Vol 118, Issue 1/2, p129
- ISSN
1011-372X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10562-007-9168-8