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US 4,359,421 AGranted
Process for making epsilon-caprolactam
AssigneeMobil Oil Corporation
InventorsWeldon K. Bell, Clarence D. Chang
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Abstract
Process for preparing caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime by passing the oxime, preferably dissolved in a solvent, over a zeolite having a SiO.sub.2 /Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 of at least 12 and a Constraint Index of from 1 to 12.
Claims13
A process for manufacturing epsilon-caprolactam comprising passing cyclohexanone oxime over a zeolite having a silica to alumina ratio of at least 12 and a Constraint Index of 1 to 12.
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