Green medium for the hydrolysis of 5-cyanovaleramide

  • Pei Gao Duan
  • , Shuang Li
  • , Yan Yang
  • , Zhi Zhong Wang
  • , Li Yi Dai*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Hydrolysis of 5-cyanovaleramide (5-CVAM) in near-critical water without the addition of any catalyst has been demonstrated. The results demonstrated that the cyano group at one end of the carbon of 5-CVAM is more reactive than the amide group at the other end, under the same experimental conditions. The relations between 5-CVAM concentration and residence time revealed that hydrolysis of 5-CVAM shows second-order reaction kinetics in the investigated temperature range. The rate constants, average apparent activation energy and pre-exponential factor were evaluated according to the Arrhenius equation. Based on the experimental results, a carbon balance was calculated, and a hydrolysis reaction scheme of 5-CVAM was proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)771-777
Number of pages7
JournalChemical Engineering and Technology
Volume32
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

Keywords

  • 5-Cyanovaleramide
  • Green solvent
  • Hydrolysis
  • Kinetics
  • Near-critical water

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