Process for obtaining caprolactam by cleaving caprolactam oligomers
AssigneeBASF SE
InventorsHugo Fuchs, Elmar Frommer, Otto-Alfred Grosskinsky
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Abstract
In a process for obtaining caprolactam by cleaving caprolactam oligomers by passing them through an alumina catalyst bed at an elevated temperature, the improvement that the oligomers are introduced, as liquid or solid, into a fluidized bed of alumina and are cleaved at from 290.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of steam.
Claims5
An improved process for obtaining caprolactam by cleaving caprolactam oligomers by passing them through an alumina catalyst bed at an elevated temperature, wherein the improvement comprises introducing the oligomers, as liquid or solid, into a fluidized bed of alumina and cleaving them at from 290.degree. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of steam.
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