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US 6,197,999 B1Granted
Photonitrosation of cyclododecane in chloroform in quasi-anhydrous medium
AssigneeAtofina
InventorsJean Ollivier, Damien Drutel
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of cyclododecanone oxide consists in photochemically reacting cyclododecane, dissolved in chloroform, a nitrosating agent and hydrogen chloride in a virtually anhydrous medium, that is to say under conditions such that the water content in the reaction medium does not exceed 1000 ppm.
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A process for the preparation of cyclododecanone oxime comprising photochemically reacting cyclododecane, dissolved in chloroform, a nitrosating agent and hydrogen chloride under conditions such that the water content in the reaction medium does not exceed 1000 ppm.
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