Provided is a method with which an α-allylated cycloalkanone is obtained from a cyclic compound cycloalkanone used as a starting material. The method is a method for producing an α-allylated cycloalkanone represented by General Formula (III), and the method includes: a step 1: reacting a compound represented by General Formula (I) and alcohol having 1 or more and 4 or less of carbon atoms in the presence of a first acid catalyst and optionally a dehydrating agent; and a step 2: reacting a crude product obtained in the step 1 and a compound represented by General Formula (II) in the presence of a second acid catalyst to produce an α-allylated cycloalkanone represented by General Formula (III). The step 1 and the step 2 are consecutively performed. In the formulae above, the group -A.sup.1- (it should be noted that the front bond refers to a bond that binds to the carbon atom C.sup.1 and the back bond refers to a bond that binds to the carbon atom C.sup.2) is an alkylene group having 4 or more and 20 or less of carbon atoms that optionally contains a hetero atom and optionally has a substituent, and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or more and 4 or less of carbon atoms.

The present invention relates to a laurolactam preparation method and synthesis apparatus, and epoxidation and a rearrangement reaction are performed in the conversion of cyclododecene into cyclododecanone so that the preparation method can synthesize laurolactam having a higher purity with a higher selectivity and in a higher yield than a conventional preparation method.

Zwitterion ligand metal complexes and methods of aerobic oxidation using a zwitterion ligand metal complex are provided. The zwitterion ligand metal complexes can include a transition metal salt and a zwitterion ligand, which can comprise a non-conjugated amide anion-phosphonium cation, an amide anion-ammonium cation, or an iminium cation. The methods of aerobic oxidation can include combining the zwitterion ligand metal complex with an oxidizable compound and molecular oxygen to allow the isolation of an oxidized compound from the oxidizable compound.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing cyclododecanone. According to the present invention, a method of preparing cyclododecanone which allows implementation of a high conversion rate and minimization of production of unreacted materials and reaction by-products may be provided. In addition, the present invention implements a high conversion rate and a high selectivity even by a simplified process configuration, and thus may be usefully utilized in an economical method of preparing laurolactam, allowing commercially easy mass production.

The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene in a multistep synthesis scheme from another normal alpha olefin. Also disclosed are reactions for converting aldehydes, primary alcohols, and terminal vicinal diols into normal alpha olefins.

A polybrominated flame-retardant compound, a process for forming a flame-retardant material, and an article of manufacture are disclosed. The polybrominated flame-retardant compound includes a cyclododecane moiety, at least two bromo groups, and at least one substituent having a reactive functional group. The process includes forming a polybromocyclododecane (PBCD) compound having at least one reactive functional group and incorporating the PBCD compound into a polymer in a process that includes covalent binding of the PBCD compound. The article of manufacture includes a flame-retardant material that comprises a polymer with a covalently-bound PBCD compound.

Catalyst compositions for the conversion of aldehyde compounds and primary alcohol compounds to olefins are disclosed herein. Reactions include oxidative dehydroxymethylation processes and oxidative dehydroformylation methods, which are beneficially conducted in the presence of a sacrificial acceptor of H.sub.2 gas, such as N,N-dimethylacrylamide.

The present invention relates to a method for the reactivation of homogeneous catalyst systems from organic reaction mixtures. The catalyst systems are suitable for the oxidation of organic compounds such as, for example, cyclododecene. The reactivation is carried out using an aqueous base.

Zwitterion ligand metal complexes and methods of aerobic oxidation using a zwitterion ligand metal complex are provided. The zwitterion ligand metal complexes can include a transition metal salt and a zwitterion ligand, which can comprise a non-conjugated amide anion-phosphonium cation, an amide anion-ammonium cation, or an iminium cation. The methods of aerobic oxidation can include combining the zwitterion ligand metal complex with an oxidizable compound and molecular oxygen to allow the isolation of an oxidized compound from the oxidizable compound.

A method for preparing cyclododecene and a synthesis device therefor, of the present invention, remarkably increase the conversion ratio of cyclododecatriene and selectivity of cyclododecene, can minimize the costs required for equipment and processing, are practical, reduce processing time, and are industrially advantageous to mass production in comparison with a conventional method and device.