Innovation in a chemical reaction process using a supercritical water microreaction system: environmentally friendly production of epsilon-caprolactam

Yutaka Ikushima; Kiyotaka Hatakeda; Masahiro Sato; Osamu Sato; Masahiko Arai

doi:10.1039/b206539h

Innovation in a chemical reaction process using a supercritical water microreaction system: environmentally friendly production of epsilon-caprolactam

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Oct 7:(19):2208-9. doi: 10.1039/b206539h.

Authors

Yutaka Ikushima¹, Kiyotaka Hatakeda, Masahiro Sato, Osamu Sato, Masahiko Arai

Affiliation

¹ Supercritical Fluid Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 4-2-1 Nigatake, Miyagino-Ku, Sendai 983-8551, Japan. y-ikushima@aist.go.jp

PMID: 12397981
DOI: 10.1039/b206539h

Abstract

Our microreaction system using supercritical water solutions achieves nearly 100% yield and 100% selectivity for epsilon-caprolactam production at reaction times shorter than 1 s.