申请人:E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
公开号:US06077955A1
公开(公告)日:2000-06-20
A process for the preparation of five-membered or six-membered ring lactams from aliphatic .alpha.,.omega.-dinitriles has been developed. In the process an aliphatic .alpha.,.omega.-dinitrile is first converted to an ammonium salt of an .omega.-nitrilecarboxylic acid in aqueous solution using a catalyst having an aliphatic nitrilase (EC 3.5.5.7) activity, or a combination of nitrile hydratase (EC 4.2.1.84) and amidase (EC 3.5.1.4) activities. The ammonium salt of the .omega.-nitrilecarboxylic acid is then converted directly to the corresponding lactam by hydrogenation in aqueous solution, without isolation of the intermediate .omega.-nitrilecarboxylic acid or .omega.-aminocarboxylic acid. When the aliphatic .alpha.,.omega.-dinitrile is also unsymmetrically substituted at the .alpha.-carbon atom, the nitrilase produces the .omega.-nitrilecarboxylic acid ammonium salt resulting from hydrolysis of the .omega.-nitrile group with greater than 98% regioselectivity, thereby producing only one of the two possible lactam products during the subsequent hydrogenation. A heat-treatment process to select for desirable regioselective nitrilase or nitrile hydratase activities while destroying undesirable activities is also provided.
一种从脂肪族α,ω-双腈制备五元环或六元环内酰胺的方法已经开发出来。在该过程中,首先使用具有脂肪族腈酶(EC 3.5.5.7)活性或腈水合酶(EC 4.2.1.84)和酰胺酶(EC 3.5.1.4)活性的催化剂将脂肪族α,ω-双腈转化为在水溶液中的ω-腈酸铵盐。然后,将ω-腈酸铵盐直接在水溶液中氢化为相应的内酰胺,而无需分离中间体ω-腈酸或ω-氨基酸。当脂肪族α,ω-双腈在α-碳原子处也不对称取代时,腈酶会以大于98%的区域选择性产生由ω-腈基水解产生的ω-腈酸铵盐,从而在随后的氢化过程中仅产生两种可能的内酰胺产品之一。还提供了一种热处理过程,以选择理想的区域选择性腈酶或腈水合酶活性,同时破坏不良活性。