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Understanding the role of designed solid acid sites in the low-temperature production of ϵ-Caprolactam

Understanding the role of designed solid acid sites in the low-temperature production of ϵ-Caprolactam
Understanding the role of designed solid acid sites in the low-temperature production of ϵ-Caprolactam
Modern society is placing increasing demands on commodity chemicals, driven by the ever‐growing global population and the desire for improved standards of living. As the polymer industry grows, a sustainable route to ϵ‐caprolactam, the precursor to the recyclable nylon‐6 polymer, is becoming increasingly important. To this end, we have designed and characterized a recyclable SAPO catalyst using a range of characterization techniques, to achieve near quantitative yields of ϵ‐caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime. The catalytic process operates under significantly less energetically demanding conditions than other widely practiced industrial processes.
Beckmann rearrangement, aluminophosphates, heterogeneous catalysis, solid acid, sustainable chemistry
1867-3880
1897-1900
Potter, Matthew
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Chapman, Stephanie
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O'Malley, Alexander J.
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Levy, Alan
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Parker, Stewart F
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Mezza, Thomas M.
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Potter, Matthew, Chapman, Stephanie, O'Malley, Alexander J., Levy, Alan, Carravetta, Marina, Mezza, Thomas M., Parker, Stewart F and Raja, Robert (2017) Understanding the role of designed solid acid sites in the low-temperature production of ϵ-Caprolactam. ChemCatChem, 9 (11), 1897-1900. (doi:10.1002/cctc.201700516).

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Abstract

Modern society is placing increasing demands on commodity chemicals, driven by the ever‐growing global population and the desire for improved standards of living. As the polymer industry grows, a sustainable route to ϵ‐caprolactam, the precursor to the recyclable nylon‐6 polymer, is becoming increasingly important. To this end, we have designed and characterized a recyclable SAPO catalyst using a range of characterization techniques, to achieve near quantitative yields of ϵ‐caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime. The catalytic process operates under significantly less energetically demanding conditions than other widely practiced industrial processes.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2 May 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 May 2017
Published date: 8 June 2017
Keywords: Beckmann rearrangement, aluminophosphates, heterogeneous catalysis, solid acid, sustainable chemistry
Organisations: Chemistry, Magnetic Resonance, FIMS

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Local EPrints ID: 410647
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/410647
ISSN: 1867-3880
PURE UUID: 77320f28-7aa0-4e05-b250-f0d0fbfa5ac5
ORCID for Matthew Potter: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9849-3306
ORCID for Marina Carravetta: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-2104
ORCID for Robert Raja: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4161-7053

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Date deposited: 09 Jun 2017 09:17
Last modified: 11 Dec 2024 02:44

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Author: Matthew Potter ORCID iD
Author: Stephanie Chapman
Author: Alexander J. O'Malley
Author: Alan Levy
Author: Thomas M. Mezza
Author: Stewart F Parker
Author: Robert Raja ORCID iD

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