Synthesis of 2-amino-ε-caprolactam by cyclodehydration of lysine in subcritical water

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 353-356

  Goto, Motonobu ^a   Umeda, Megumi ^a   Kodama, Akio ^a   Hirose, Tsutomu ^a   Nagaoka, Shoji ^b   Matsuda, Shigeki ^b   Masuhara, Shigeo ^c   Hiraki, Jun ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c CHISSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminocaprolactam; Cyclization; Dehydrolysis; Lysine; Subcritical; Supercritical; Water

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DEHYDRATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; KINETIC ENERGY; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; SUPERCRITICAL WATER;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

WATER;

EID: 9944258758     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.37.353     Document Type: Article

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