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| − | The '''Raschig hydroxylamine | + | The '''Raschig hydroxylamine process''' is an industrial process for producing [[hydroxylamine]], a modification of [[Friedrich Raschig]]'s original synthesis of hydroxylamine.<ref>{{citation | last = Raschig | journal = Ann. | volume = 241 | pages = 161 | year = 1887}}. {{citation | inventor-last = Raschig | country-code = DE | patent-number = 41987}}.</ref> The hydroxylamine is generally used in the manufacture of [[caprolactam]] and hence [[nylon-6]], although it also finds use in the semiconductor industry. |
==Process chemistry== | ==Process chemistry== | ||
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The Raschig hydroxylamine process is an industrial process for producing hydroxylamine, a modification of Friedrich Raschig's original synthesis of hydroxylamine.[1] The hydroxylamine is generally used in the manufacture of caprolactam and hence nylon-6, although it also finds use in the semiconductor industry.
Process chemistry
The synthesis is a three step process. First, ammonia is oxidized in air to give nitrogen oxides (preferably dinitrogen trioxide), which react with ammonium carbonate to give ammonium nitrite:
- 2 NH3 + 3 O2 → N2O3 + 3 H2O
- N2O3 + (NH4)2CO3 → 2 NH4NO2 + CO2
The ammonium nitrite is reduced with sulfur dioxide in the presence of ammonia at 5 °C to give diammonium hydroxylaminedisulfonate:
- NH4NO2 + 2 SO2 + NH3 → (NH4)2[HON(SO3)2]
The disulfonate is then hydrolyzed at 100 °C to give hydroxylamine sulfate:
- 2 (NH4)2[HON(SO3)2] + 3 H2O → (NH3OH)2SO4 + 2 (NH4)2SO4
References
- ↑ Raschig Ann. 1887, 241, 161. Raschig DE Patent 41987.
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