Vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime over a novel tantalum pillared-ilerite

Younghee Ko, Myung Hun Kim, Sun Jin Kim, Young Sun Uh, Gon Seo, Miyoung Kim

Chemical Communications · 2000 · 39 citations · 6 references

Concepts

Abstract

The vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime has been studied using a novel tantalum pillared-ilerite as catalyst: the cyclohexanone oxime conversion rate reaches 97.1% and the selectivity for ε-caprolactam is up to 89.1% at 350 °C.

References

6