Adipic Acid → N-Methylcaprolactam

HRID 32861

Reaction equation

HRID 32861 reaction equation

[C:1]([OH:10])(=O)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6](O)=O.[CH3:11][NH2:12]>O>[CH3:11][N:12]1[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2][C:1]1=[O:10]

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 196Adipic Acid

HCID 6329Methylamine

Product 1

HCID 17369N-Methylcaprolactam

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 962WaterSolvent

Procedure

This example illustrates that adipic acid may be successfully hydrogenated in the presence of water and methyl amine to produce N-methyl-caprolactam.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-f428c6a7cafe47d9bf3d1bd0fe6d0573
Source dataset: uspto-grants-2008_09
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US07427684B2

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