This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof which comprise subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted penten-1-ols to carbonylation in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, to produce said one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof. The substituted and unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof, e.g., epsilon caprolactam. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof as principal product(s) of reaction.
本发明部分涉及生产一种或多种取代或未取代的epsilon
己内酯和/或其
水合物和/或酯的工艺,该工艺包括在羰基化催化剂(如
金属-有机
磷配位体络合物催化剂)存在下,将一种或多种取代或未取代的
戊烯-1-醇进行羰基化,以生产所述一种或多种取代或未取代的epsilon
己内酯和/或其
水合物和/或酯。通过本发明工艺生产的取代和未取代的epsilon
己内酯和/或其
水合物和/或
酯类可通过进一步反应得到所需的衍
生物,如epsilon己内酰胺。本发明还部分涉及含有一种或多种取代或未取代的epsilon
己内酯和/或其
水合物和/或酯作为主要反应产物的反应混合物。