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United States Patent O Patented Sept 2,719,] 16 United States Patent O Patented Sept. 27, 1955 i 2 mation of a resinous coating to a substantial degree. The amount of inhibitor employed should give effective‘ 2,719,116 action and will in most instances be small compared with PHOTOCHEMICAL PREPARATION OF OXIIVIES the amount of cyclic, hydro-aromatic compound present in the reactor. In general, the minimum amount of in Bernard B. Brown, Grand Island, N. Y., assignor to 01in hibitor to be employed will be at least about 0.5% by. Mathieson Chemical Corporation, a corporation of Virginia weight based upon the hydro-aromatic compound pres ent in the reactor. The maximum amount of acid to No Drawing. Application March 19, 1954, utilize will also vary with the particular acid selected Serial No. 417,490 10 but ordinarily little advantage will be derived if the amount employed is more than that which is soluble in 9 Claims. (Cl. 204—-158) the reacting mixture. I have found through several reactions conducted in the presence of my inhibitors that it is preferable to This invention relates to improvements in a method employ a saturated solution of the inhibitor in the re for the manufacturing of oximes of cyclic ketones. These acting mixture. A saturated solution of formic acid in oximes are valuable intermediates for the manufacturing cyclohexane will contain from about 0.85 to 1.25% by of superpolyamides. weight depending upon the temperature of the reaction In the copending application of Christoph Grundmann, and the extent of mixing. In some instances when the Serial No. 299,020, ?led July 15, 1952, it is disclosed 20 hydro-aromatic compound is mixed with the inhibitor that oximes of cyclic ketones can be prepared by react before being introduced into the reaction which is the ing cyclic, hydro-aromatic hydrocarbons with nitrosylat usual and preferred procedure, the hydro-aromatic need ing agents ‘in the presence of ultraviolet light derived not be completely pre-saturated with inhibitor to produce from either a natural or an arti?cial source. This re a saturated reaction mixture since upon addition of the action can be carried out at ordinary or elevated tem 25 nitrosylating agent the solubility of the inhibitor may be peratures but is preferably effected at a temperature with decreased. Thus if the hydro-aromatic be presaturated in the range from about 5° to 60° C. Particularly Where some of the inhibitor would salt-out upon the addition of a gaseous nitrosylating agent is used the reaction is ad the nitrosylating agent. This effect was observed when vantageosuly carried out at an elevated pressure. presaturating cyclohexane with formic acid. In conducting the process of this copending applica 30 Among the cyclic hydro-aromatic hydrocarbons which tion I have found that frequently a resinous coating is I can use are cyclopentane, methylcyclopentane, the di formed on the internal reactor walls which walls may methylcyclopentanes, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, be formed in part by the surfaces of the lamps where the dimethylcyclohexanes, cycloheptane, methylcyclo the lamps are inside the reactor or embedded in the re heptane, decahydronaphthalene, tetrahydronaphthalene, actor wall. This effect is particularly prevalent and un 35 and so forth. Among the nitrosylating agents which I desirable when operating the process in a continuous can employ are nitrosyl chloride, nitrosyl sulfuric acid, type reactor. In this operation as well as in batchwise nitrosyl bromide, nitrosyl boro?uoride, nitrosyl ?uoride, procedures, the resinous coating causes undesirable de and so forth. _ creases in lamp efficiency and effects lower conversion of 'In conducting the process of my invention utilizing the nitrosylating agents. Thus in con-ducting the process 40 formic acid as an inhibitor the reactor walls were clear on a successful economic basis it is important to inhibit of resinous coating even after runs of three to four hours the formation of the resinous coating on the reactor walls. duration. In reactions of cyclohexane and nitrosyl chlo In the present invention, I have found that if this re ride, conversion of the nitrosylating agent was raised action of the cyclic, hydro-aromatic compound to the from the 45 to 50% of a thirty minute run level without oxime of a cyclic ketone can be conducted in the pres 45 an inhibitor to 60 to 65% with the formic acid inhibitor ence‘of an aliphatic carboxylic acid containing from 1 in the same length of time. In the inhibited reaction to about 4 carbon atoms or the chlorinated and fluori no resinous coating was formed on the reactor walls; nated derivatives thereof, the deposition of the resinous however, in the run with no inhibitor, a coating deposited coating on the reactor walls is entirely prevented or in on the walls. The use of formic acid is further advan hibited at least to a substantial degree. The inhibition 50 tageous since the separation of the oxime product from of this coating effects greater lamp efficiency and increased the reacting mixture, for instance containing cyclo conversion of the nitrosylating agent as compared with hexane, is simpli?ed by the solubility of the oxime or similar operations in which no inhibiting agent is em its hydrochloride in the formic acid with which it ‘forms ployed. an oil insoluble in cyclohexane. The oxime product Speci?c acids which fall within the aliphatic carboxylic 55 can be continuosly extracted from the effluent stream by acid inhibitors of my invention are formic acid, acetic means of a 10% caustic solution. However, the nature acid, propanoic acids, butyric acids and their chlorinated of the formic acid-oxime oil makes a phase separation and ?uorinated derivatives. Of the unsubstituted acids from the cyclohexane practicable. I prefer to use formic acid. While acetic acid effectively Although as noted; the reaction may be conducted inhibits the formation of the resinous coating its use is 60 at ordinary or elevated temperatures, I have found it not as desirable as formic acid since the former does in advantageous to conduct the reaction within the range certain instances tend to give reduced conversion of the of about 30 to 40°C. even thoughv coolingtowers may nitrosylating agent compared with the results obtained be required to maintain these temperatures. Attempts when employing formic acid. Tn'chloroacetic acid is to operate at reactor temperatures of about 50 to 55° C. among the chlorinated derivatives of my acid inhibitors 65 and thus eliminate cooling towers proved less advanta which can be employed but this acid also results in lower gous as conversion levels dropped considerably. ‘conversions in some instances. Among the fluorinated When utilizing acetic acid as the inhibitor in my proc acids which can be employed are tri?uoroacetic acid and per?uorobutyric acid. ess a minimum of 15% concentration proved excellent in preventing an accumulation of oil or resinous coating on _ The amount of acid inhibitor to be utilized in the pres 70 the reactor walls. In operations using an ultra-violet ent invention depends upon the particular acid selected lamp the yields of oxime formed in the presence of and in all instances I use enough acid to inhibit the for acetic acid were low. However, these low yields can be 2,719,116 3 4 traced to the reaction of the acetic acid with the nitro which a nitrosyl chloride-cyclohexane solution was satu sylating agent, e. g., nitrosyl chloride, and are not en rated with formic acid, cyclohexanone oxime hydro countered in reactions conducted in ordinary light in chloride was produced with 64% conversion of the cyclo which acetic acid and the nitrosyl chloride are unreactive. hexane and without coating the reactor walls. In this In operating my process on an economic, continuous run the N001 concentration analyzed 0.81% and the basis the unreacted cyclohexane should be recycled to reaction temperature was maintained from 30 to 35° C. the principal reaction zone. I have found that the un The residence time of the feed was 8.5 minutes and the reacted cyclohexane separated from the reacting mixture total time of the run was 30 minutes. contains unsaturated and oxygenated impurities which In a run similar to that of Example II but in which impart to it a green or dark color and which must be 10 no formic acid was utilized the conversion of the cyclo removed or cleaned-up before the cyclohexane can be hexane was only 47% and the reactor wall became coated recycled if the conversion levels are not to be deleterious with a solid material. In this experiment, the NOCl ly affected. These impurities may be removed by fol concentration was 0.84% while the residence time was lowing a number of procedures. For instance, once 8.8 minutes. The total run time was 31 minutes. used cyclohexane was shaken with small portions of sul Example 111 furic acid until the acid layer was colorless and a run with this cyclohexane using formic acid as the inhibitor In an experiment similar to that of Example I but in gave a conversion of about 55%. A similar operation which a nitrosyl chloride-cyclohexane solution contained using dried cyclohexane which had been allowed to stand 15% of acetic acid, cyclohexanone oxime hydrochloride two to three days until colorless and then separated from was produced without coating the reactor walls. the small amount of heavier dark oil and water which I claim: had settled out also gave 55% conversion. However, 1. A process for the preparation of oximes of cyclic the use in a similar reaction of dry once-through green ketones which comprises reacting in a reaction zone a colored cyclohexane resulted in a conversion of only cyclic, hydro-aromatic hydrocarbon with a nitrosylating about 35%.
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