Process for the production of 6-aminocaproic acid

摘要

6-Aminocaproic acid is prepared by (a) reacting a 5-formylvaleric acid ester with water in the presence of an acid agent at 30 DEG -200 DEG C. and (b) reacting the 5-formylvaleric acid thus obtained with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a solvent which is inert under the reaction conditions at 50 DEG -150 DEG C. under superatmospheric pressure.