PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF AMIDES OR LACTAMS

摘要

An amide or lactam is produced by conducting a rearrangement of a corresponding oxime compound in the presence of a cyclic compound containing a structure represented by following Formula (1) as a ring constituent and a fluorinated alcohol:
wherein Z represents a halogen atom or an -OR group, where R represents an organic group.
Z is preferably chlorine atom. Exemplary fluorinated alcohols include fluorine-containing branched-chain aliphatic alcohols represented by following Formula (3):
wherein Rf 1 and Rf 2 may be the same as or different from each other and each represent a perfluoroalkyl group having one to eight carbon atoms; and "n" denotes an integer of 0 to 8. According to this process, amides or lactams can be simply produced in high yields without causing large amounts of by-products.