Advance in vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to ε-caprolactam catalyzed by molecular sieves

Petrochemical Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 475-480

  Tao, Weichuan ^a,b   Mao, Dongsen ^a   Chen, Qingling ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Caprolactam; Cyclohexanone oxime; Molecular sieve; Vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043121643     PISSN: 10008144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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