Catalysis Beckmann rearrangement

Envirocat EPIC General acid catalysis Beckmann rearrangements Acylations with carboxylic acids and alkylations with alkenes Strong, solid Bronsted acid Improved product quality Easier separation... 

Of course, other reaction types have been also investigated more recently, such as the Beckmann rearrangement [247,277,278] or ethylbenzene disproportionation [279, 280], just to name a couple. In situ NMR methods are expected to play a vital role in the future science of heterogeneous catalysis. 

Acid catalysis by titanium silicate molecular sieves another area characterized by recent major progress. Whereas only two categories of acid-catalyzed reactions (the Beckmann rearrangement and MTBE synthesis) were included in the review by Notari in 1996 (33), the list has grown significantly since then. In view of the presence of weak Lewis acid sites on the surfaces of these catalysts, they can be used for reactions that require such weak acidity. 

In the field of fine chemical synthesis there is an urgent need to substitute the cleaner technologies for the old polluting ones. It is hoped that the large economic and environmental benefits brought by the recently developed catalysis processes—acetylation of anisole and of veratrole, Beckmann rearrangement, and so forth—will initiate great strides in this field. 

As the Beckmann rearrangement is believed to be a typical acid-catalysed reaction, many researchers have reported the relationship between the vapour phase reaction catalysis and the acidity of the catalysts tested on non-zeolitic catalysts - i2s- i3i. 318-334 and on zeolitic catalysts Another interesting point for the heterogeneous gas-phase Beckmann rearrangement is the location of the reaction on the catalyst and different studies have been published ° . The outer surface of the catalyst particle seems to be the most probable place for the Beckmann rearrangement supported by the traces of reagents, and notable amounts of by-products found only in the outer layers of the zeolite crystal. Development of new and more efficient catalysts have also been reported " . ... 

The Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime has been modelled kinetically, focusing on simulation of industrial conditions, and taking into account self-catalysis and the role of polymorphs.86... 

Barium thiocyanate, 118 Base catalysis, 34 in acylations, 47, 48 of chelate formation, 95 of clevage, 128 of cydization, 127 in hydrolysis, 115 Basicity, of 2-aminothiazole, 90 of 2-imino-4-thiazolines, 124 Beckmann rearrangement, of oxime, 16 Benzaldehyde, with alkyl-acetamidothi-azole, 46... 

As already discussed in Chapter 1, the commercialization, by Sumitomo [GO-64], of a vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime to caprolactam over a high-silica MFI (ZSM-5 type) zeolite (Fig. 2.21) is another benchmark in zeolite catalysis. The process, which currently operates on a 90000 tpa scale, replaces a conventional one employing stoichiometric quantities of sulfuric acid and producing ca. 2 kg of ammonium sulfate per kg of caprolactam. 

Nguyen, M. T., Raspoet, G., Vanquickenborne, L. G. Mechanism of the Beckmann rearrangement ab initio calculations suggest an active solvent catalysis. Trends in Organic Chemistry 997, 6, 169-180. 

Although many solid-acid catalysts have been reported for the vapor-phase Beckmann rearrangement [2], their performance has been less than satisfactory from an industrial standpoint and the heterogeneously catalyzed Beckmann rearrangement has not yet been commercialized. In this chapter heterogeneous catalysis of the Beckmann rearrangement, its mechanism, and acid properties and reaction conditions suitable for the reaction will be reviewed. 

Several reagents have been shown to convert 2-hydroxyaryloximes into benzoxazoles through a Beckmann rearrangement. Zeolite catalysis in a continuous flow reactor has been shown to be successful in benzoxazole formation,as has diethyl chlorophosphate and POCI3. Rindhe and coworkers utilized POCI3 in the formation of pyrazolyl benzoxazoles for use as antimicrobial agents. 

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