Design of a "green" one-step catalytic production of ε-caprolactam (precursor of nylon-6)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 102, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 13732-13736

  Thomas, John Meurig ^a,b   Raja, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DAVY FARADAY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammoximation; Hydroxylamine; Single site heterogeneous catalysts (SSHC)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; CAPROLACTAM; CYCLOHEXANONE; HYDROXYLAMINE; NYLON; NYLON 6 (POLYCAPROLACTAM); OXIME; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 25444455652     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506907102     Document Type: Article

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