Electrocatalytic Synthesis of Nylon-6 Precursor at Almost 100 % Yield

Synthesis of cyclohexanone oxime via the cyclohexanone-hydroxylamine process is widespread in the caprolactam industry, which is an upstream industry for nylon-6 production. However, there are two shortcomings in this process, harsh reaction conditions and the potential danger posed by explosive hydroxylamine. In this study, we presented a direct electrosynthesis of cyclohexanone oxime using nitrogen oxides and cyclohexanone, which eliminated the usage of hydroxylamine and demonstrated a green production of caprolactam. With the Fe electrocatalysts, a production rate of 55.9 g h⁻¹ g_cat⁻¹ can be achieved in a flow cell with almost 100 % yield of cyclohexanone oxime. The high efficiency was attributed to their ability of accumulating adsorbed hydroxylamine and cyclohexanone. This study provides a theoretical basis for electrocatalyst design for C−N coupling reactions and illuminates the tantalizing possibility to upgrade the caprolactam industry towards safety and sustainability.     

A possible re-interpretation of the mechanisms of oximation of carbonyl compounds

Differential temperature—time curves obtained during the reactions of propanal and cyclohexanone with excess of hydroxylamine in aqueous solutions over a wide range of pH values show that addition of hydroxylamine does not become rate-determining except in very strongly acidic solutions (pH < 0.4), which contradicts the mechanism that is generally accepted. An alternative mechanism is proposed; it involves (a) the equilibrium between hydroxylamine and hydroxylammonium ion, (b) a reversible reaction of the carbonyl compound with hydroxylamine, yielding a carbinolamine adduct, (c) equilibria among the neutral carbinolamine and its mono- and diprotonated forms, (d) dehydration of the monoprotonated and neutral forms of the carbinolamine, and (e) equilibrium between the protonated and neutral forms of the oxime. Values were obtained for enthalpy changes accompanying all of the elementary steps; for the equilibrium constants and entropy changes for all of the steps save those involving dehydration, which appear to be complete under the conditions studied; and for the rate constants for all of the steps save those involving proton-transfer, which appear to be instantaneous under the conditions studied. So many of these values appear reasonable that further inquiry into such a mechanism seems justified, but the nature of step (b) could not be fully elucidated.     

Oxidation of cyclohexylamine by air to its oxime

The oxidation of cyclohexylamine was studied over tungsten, molybdenum and vanadium oxides containing catalysts supported on silica, γ-alumina or hydrotalcite in the temperature range 170°C–230°C. Depending on the catalyst and reaction conditions, the main products of the reaction are cyclohexanone oxime, cyclohexylidenecyclohexylamine or cyclohexanone. About 70% selectivity of cyclohexanone oxime formation at about 20% conversion of cyclohexylamine is obtained over tungsten catalysts. The activity of the tested catalysts usually passes through a maximum and, then, gradually decreases with time on stream. The deactivation of the catalyst is caused by the formation of tar products on the catalyst surface. The mechanism of oxidation involves formation of oxygen species on the catalyst surface which oxidizes cyclohexylamine.     

TS-1分子筛的制备及其在环己酮氨肟化工艺中的研究进展

环己酮肟作为一种重要的有机中间体,在合成纤维、医药和日用品等方面有着重要的应用.在环己酮肟众多的合成方法中,环己酮氨肟化反应由于工艺简单、条件温和且无副产物生成,从而成为研究的热点.本文以该化学反应路径为主线,从环己酮肟催化剂的制备及连续化工艺两方面的研究进展进行综述.尽管目前TS-1催化剂已取得较大的进展,但在一定程...     

A tandem oximation-cyclization route to Δ-isoxazolines

3,5-Disubstituted Δ²-isoxazolines can be prepared from the corresponding β,γ-unsaturated ketones by treatment with hydroxylamine hydrochloride and sodium hydroxide. Evidence indicates that the mechanism of this reaction involves the formation of three intermediates; oximation of the ketone, rearrangement of the alkene, and intramolecular Michael addition of the resulting α,β-unsaturated oxime.     

The Catalysis of Vapor-Phase Beckmann Rearrangement for the Production of ε-Caprolactam

Recently, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. developed the vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement process for the production of -caprolactam. In the process, cyclohexanone oxime is rearranged into -caprolactam using a zeolite as a catalyst instead of sulfuric acid. EniChem in Italy developed the ammoximation process that involves the direct production of cyclohexanone oxime without producing any ammonium sulfate. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. has commercialized the combined process of vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement and ammoximation in 2003.In this paper, the authors focus on some aspects of the vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement catalysis. A solid catalyst that is mainly composed of a high-silica MFI zeolite (Silicalite-1) has been developed for the vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement. This catalyst does not possess acidity that can be detected by ammonia TPD. Methanol fed into the reactor with cyclohexanone oxime improves the yield of caprolactam. Methanol reacts with terminal silanols on the zeolite surface and converts them to methoxyl groups. The modification of the catalyst by methanol has an important role for the Beckmann rearrangement reaction.Nest silanols located just inside the pore mouth of the MFI zeolite are supposed to be the active sites of the catalyst. We propose that the coordination between the NOH group of cyclohexanone oxime molecule and the nest silanols through hydrogen bonding is responsible for the reaction. The reaction mechanism of Beckmann rearrangement under vapor-phase conditions is the same as in the liquid phase, namely, the alkyl group in anti-position against the hydroxyl group of the oxime migrates to the nitrogen atom's position.     

A DFT study on secondary reaction pathways in the acid-catalysed Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime in aprotic solvent

In recent studies regarding acid-catalysed Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime in aprotic solvents it has been observed that a quite surprising hydrolysis of the starting material, i.e., cyclohexanone oxime, occurs even if the experimental conditions and the water concentration in the reaction mixture can not justify such a side-reaction. Being this apparent hydrolysis critical for catalyst selectivity and poisoning, a computational DFT study on a possible secondary reaction pathway, involving a bi-molecular reaction between two cyclohexanone oxime molecules in acid media as the primary step, is here reported to explain the experimental results.     

Reactions of ethyl 2-benzoyl-3-phenylcyclopropanecarboxylate with hydrazines and hydroxylamine

While the reaction of the cyclopropane ester 1 with hydrazine hydrate or phenylhydrazine led to the formation of diazabicycloheptenones, its reaction with several para-substituted phenyl-hydrazines gave the corresponding hydrazones. With hydroxylamine, either oxime or 1,2-oxazinone is formed.     

Deoximation Reaction in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids under Mild Conditions

Deoximation in metal chloride ionic liquids based on 1‐alkyl‐3‐methylimidazolium and triethylene ammonium cations, such as AmimBr(Cl)‐MCl_x(A=ethyl, butyl, benzyl; M=Al, Fe, Cu, Sn and Zn; x=2, 3) and Et₃NHCl‐FeCl₃ were investigated under mild conditions. Ferrate chloride ionic liquid was proved to be an effective catalyst for deoximation of cyclohexanone oxime, exhibiting high conversion of oximes and selectivity to cyclohexanone. Good performance for the deoximation of other oximes such as salicylald oxime, acetone oxime, benzophenone oxime, 4‐nitrobenzald oxime, acetophenone oxime, 2‐chlorobenzaldehyde oxime, Acetald oxime, 2‐butanone oxime and (1R)‐camphor oxime was also achieved with bmimBr‐FeCl₃ as catalyst and solvent. The deoximation was determined to carry out via acid‐catalytic hydrolysis and the reaction mechanism was proposed.     

Al2O3-SiO2催化环己胺氧化制备环己酮肟

以Al2O3-SiO2为催化剂,用双氧水氧化环己胺制备了环己酮肟。考察了溶剂用量、催化剂用量、反应时间和反应温度等因素对催化性能的影响。结果表明,在溶剂乙腈与环己胺体积比为3∶1,催化剂质量分数31.0%,75℃反应5 h后的环己胺转化率为100%,环己酮肟选择性可达83.6%。并对环己胺催化氧化的反应机理作了初步的探讨。     

多元曲线分辨结合在线红外用于3-氨基-4-氨基肟基呋咱的合成反应机理

利用红外光谱在线监测丙二睛、亚硝酸钠和盐酸羟胺合成3-氨基-4-氨基肟基呋咱的反应过程,采用多元曲线分辨-交替最小二乘法（MCR-ALS）、直观推导式演进特征投影法(HELP)等化学计量学方法对反应过程所获得的实时红外光谱数据矩阵进行解析,得到了各组分纯物质的浓度变化曲线和对应的红外光谱,并将多元曲线分辨 交替最小二乘法与直观推导式演进特征投影法的分析结果进行比较,得出可相互验证的一致结论,据此推出该反应合理的反应机理。 2种方法得到的反应物与生成物的光谱与原光谱的相似度近似于1,说明该解析方法具有准确性和可靠性。 结果表明,化学计量学结合红外光谱可有效的应用于3-氨基-4-氨基肟基呋咱合成过程的机理推断。     

Kinetics and mechanism of the reaction between biacetyl and hydroxylamine in acid solution

The kinetics and mechanism of formation of dimethylglyoxime from biacetyl and hydroxylamine in acid solution have been studied. Unprotonated hydroxylamine was found to react with the hydrogen-bonded carbonyl group to give the conjugate acid of the oxime. Detectable quantities of carbinolamine intermediates were not found in the acid concentration range studied.     

Quantum chemical study on enantioselective reduction of keto oxime ether with borane catalyzed by oxazaborolidine. Part 1. Structures of catalyst–borane–keto oxime ether adducts

In the present work, quantum chemical computations of the enantioselective reduction of keto oxime ether with borane catalyzed by chiral oxazaborolidine are performed by means of the Hartree–Fock and the density functional methods. The structures of oxazaborolidine, oxazaborolidine–borane adduct, and oxazaborolidine–borane–keto oxime ether adducts are optimized completely at the HF/6‐31g* and B3LYP/6‐31g* levels and their properties studied in detail. The oxazaborolidine catalyst is a twisted chair structure and reacts with borane at the nitrogen site of the catalyst to form the catalyst–borane adduct whose formation reaction is exothermic. The catalyst–borane adduct reacts easily with keto oxime ether to form catalyst–borane–keto oxime ether adducts that have eight stable structures. The coordination of the carbonyl oxygen in keto oxime ether at the boron site of the catalyst is of more advantage to the enantioselective reduction of keto oxime ether than the coordination of the oxime nitrogen in the keto oxime ether at the boron site is. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Int J Quant Chem 81: 291–304, 2001     

TiO2柱层状HTiNbO5的合成及在环己酮肟气相Beckmann重排反应中的催化性能

钛酸异丙酯(TIP)、CH₃COOH和H₂O按体积比1∶16∶40混合后得到Ti(Ⅳ)多聚阳离子柱化液, 与正癸胺插层钛铌酸盐进行交换反应后制得钛(Ⅳ)多聚阳离子插层钛铌酸盐, 其层间距为1.70 nm. 在空气气氛中于623 K焙烧处理后, 所得产品能保持良好的层柱结构. 在空气气氛中于723 K焙烧后所得的TiO₂柱层状钛铌酸(TiO₂-HTiNbO₅), 其层间距为0.97 nm, 比表面积为89 m²/g. 以TiO₂-HTiNbO₅为载体, 用浸渍法制备了一系列B₂O₃负载量不同的负载型样品B₂O₃/TiO₂-HTiNbO₅, 考察了它们在环己酮肟气相Beckmann重排反应中的催化性能并测试了它们的红外光谱. B₂O₃/TiO₂-HTiNbO₅的催化性能优于TiO₂-HTiNbO₅. 在B₂O₃负载质量分数为7.31%的催化剂上, 环己酮肟转化率接近100%且在4.5 h内无明显改变, 己内酰胺选择性接近90%. 红外光谱分析结果表明, 当B₂O₃负载量很低时, 硼组分高度分散于载体TiO₂-HTiNbO₅表面, 并主要以BO₄结构形式存在; 当B₂O₃负载质量分数高于7.31%时, BO₃结构形式在数量上占优势. 将催化性能与红外光谱结果关联后可知, 对于负载型样品B₂O₃/TiO₂-HTiNbO₅, 表面的BO₃和BO₄两种结构形式在环己酮肟气相Beckmann重排反应中具有协同促进作用.     

Reactions of 3-acetyltropolone and its methyl ethers with hydroxylamine. Formation of 8H-cyclohept[d]isoxazol-8-one and 8H-cyclohept[c]isoxazol-8-one

The reaction of 3-acetyltropolone ( 1 ) with hydroxylamine under the acidic condition gave 3-methyl-8H-cyclohept[d]isoxazol-8-one ( 4 ) and its oxime ( 5 ), and under the neutral condition gave 4 and 3-acetyltropolone oxime ( 6 ). The reaction of 3-acetyl-2-methoxytropone ( 2a ) with hydroxylamine under the acidic condition gave 4, 5 , and 4-methyl-1H-2,3-benzoxazin-1-one ( 7 ), and under the neutral condition gave 4, 7 , 3-methyl-8H-cyclohept[c]isoxazol-8-one ( 8 ), and its oxime ( 9 ). The reaction of 7-acetyl-2-methoxytropone ( 2b ) with hydroxylamine under the acidic condition gave 4 and 5 , and under the neutral condition gave 5, 7 , and 9 .     

Optimization of carbohydrate silylation for gas chromatography

We developed and optimized a new carbohydrate mono- and disaccharides silylation reaction, replacing pyridine and requiring lower reaction temperature and less time. Our method consists of three basic steps. The first one is oxime formation, the second one silylate derivative and the last one gas chromatography separation and quantification with an internal standard. We evaluated several solvents, including acetonitrile, hydroxylamine and aniline. We found aniline to be the best reaction media for oxime formation with hydroxylamine hydrochloride. Among silylation agents we found N,O-bis(trimethyl)trifluoroacetamide (BSTFA) was the most efficient. Together these reagents favored both a short analysis time and fewer by-products. We evaluated the method with model solutions containing: arabinose and co-eluting xylose, fructose, glucose, sucrose and salicin (internal standard) and found it suitable for processed food analysis.     

B2O3/TiO2-ZrO2催化环己酮肟气相Beckmann重排反应中的溶剂效应

 采用不同极性的溶剂作为环己酮肟的溶剂,考察了溶剂极性对B2O3/TiO2-ZrO2催化环己酮肟气相Beckmann重排反应性能的影响. 结果表明,除乙醇外,随着溶剂极性的增大,己内酰胺的收率逐渐提高. 在所考察的溶剂范围内,当采用极性最强的乙腈为溶剂时,B2O3/TiO2-ZrO2的催化性能最佳,连续反应9 h,环己酮肟的转化率为100%,己内酰胺的选择性高达98.6%. 极性较强的溶剂可显著改善B2O3/TiO2-ZrO2催化性能的原因主要是其有利于反应所生成的己内酰胺从催化剂表面快速脱附,从而可抑制己内酰胺进一步发生聚合及分解等副反应.     

Donor-Acceptor Complexes in Copolymerization. XVIII. Alternating Diene–Dienophile Copolymers. 1. Conjugated Diene–Maleic Anhydride Copolymers through Radical-Catalyzed Polymerization

The copolymerization of isoprene, butadiene, and other conjugated dienes with maleic anhydride was readily initiated in polar solvents by conventional free radical catalysts, including peroxides, hydroperoxides, and azobisisobutyronitrile, at high concentrations or at temperatures at which the catalyst had a half-life of 1 hr or less and the total reaction time was 0.5-1 hr. Decreasing the reaction temperature or the rate of catalyst addition resulted in increased yields of Diels-Alder adduct and decreased yields of copolymer. The molecular weight decreased as the temperature increased. Dioxane and tetrahydrofuran peroxides, obtained by the passage of oxygen or UV irradiation in air, also initiated the copolymerization. The soluble diene-maleic anhydride copolymers were equimolar and alternating, had [n] 0.1-6 (cyclohexanone) and contained 75-95% 1,4 structure according to ozonolysis, titration with IC1 and NMR. The IR spectrum of the butadiene–maleic anhydride copolymer indicated 75-95% cis-1,4, 5-20% trans-1,4 and 0-5% 1,2-vinyl unsaturation. The proposed mechanism of polymerization involves a donor-acceptor (diene-dienophile) interaction generating a ground-state charge transfer complex which is readily converted to the cyclic adduct. Under the influence of radicals the ground-state complex is transformed into an excited complex which undergoes polymerization. High concentrations of radicals are necessary to generate polymerizable excited complexes in competition with adduct formation.     

TS分子筛的催化氧化性能研究5: 环己酮氨肟化反应

研究了自制的钛硅分子筛(TS-1)催化H~2O~2参与的环己酮氨肟化反应。结果表明,降低反应溶液中H~2O~2的浓度、增加NH~3用量有利于H~2O~2利用率、环己酮肟收率和选择性的提高,适宜的n(H~2O~2):n(酮)<1.0,n(NH~3):n(酮)>2.0。反应时间应控制在3.5h左右。对溶剂的研究显示,叔丁醇在溶剂中所占的体积对反应有较大的影响,在叔丁醇体积分数为0.2到0.8之间,实验获得了较好的结果。当n(NH~3):n(H~2O~2):n(酮)=2.0:1.0:1.0,叔丁醇体积分数为0.5,反应时间2.5h,反应温度353K时,H~2O~2利用率、环己酮肟收率和选择性分别达95%,94%和97%以上。并对空白实验结果和TS-1的重复性试验进行了讨论。     

Synthesis in the diazasteroid group XI. A convenient route to the 4,8-diazasteroid system

The reaction of 1,6-naphthyridine 3 with acetic anhydride results in the formation of the 1:1 adduct 4 . Upon catalytic hydrogenation followed by acid hydrolysis and esterification, 4 affords 7 as an A-B steroid ring system synthon in moderate yield. Upon condensation with cyclopentanone and cyclohexanone, 7 , gives the 4,8-diazasteroid system 8 and the D-homo compound 9 , respectively.