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US 12,351,538 · App. 18/245,317 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Process for acid hydrolysis of pure polylaurolactam

Inventors: Alexander Richter (Haltern am See, DE); Christian Nörnberg (Hamburg, DE); Norbert Kern (Haltern, DE); Florian Hermes (Haltern am See, DE); Franz-Erich Baumann (Duelmen, DE); Martin Roos (Haltern am See, DE); Daniel Demicoli (Essen, DE)
Assignee: Evonik Operations GmbH
C07C227/20C07C227/22
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Patent No.
US 12,351,538
App. No.
18/245,317
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved process can be used for the acid hydrolysis of polylaurolactam with sulfuric acid. An especially suitable starting material is polylaurolactam which is intended for recycling and which is characterized by a low laurolactam content.

Claims (13)

1. A process for hydrolysis of polylaurolactam, the process comprising:

cleaving the polylaurolactam with sulfuric acid at a temperature of from 125° C. to 190° C., to give o-aminolauric acid.

2. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the polylaurolactam has a molar mass of 1,000 to 10 6 g/mol.

3. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the polylaurolactam has a content of laurolactam of <4.9% by weight.

4. The process according to claim 1 , wherein the polylaurolactam has a content of ω-aminolauric acid of <4.9% by weight.

5. The process according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure is 1 bar to 100 bar.

6. The process according to any claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a weight of the sulfuric acid to a weight of the polylaurolactam is in a range of 1:0.1 to 1:1.

7. The process according to claim 1 , further comprising:

after 1-99% by weight of the polylaurolactam has reacted,

adding alkali metal hydroxide to neutralize the sulfuric acid, and then adding further alkali metal hydroxide with which a remaining amount of the polylaurolactam is reacted.

8. The process according to claim 7 , wherein after the neutralization of the sulfuric acid, the alkali metal hydroxide remains in such an amount that a ratio of a weight of unconverted polylaurolactam to a weight of a remaining amount of the alkali metal hydroxide is in a range of 1:0.1 to 1:1.

9. The process according to claim 7 , wherein a temperature while adding the alkali metal hydroxide is in a range of 160° C. to 280° C.

10. The process according to claim 7 , wherein a pressure while adding the alkali metal hydroxide is in a range of 1 bar to 100 bar.

Priority Claims (1)
EP 20196421 · Sep 16, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
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