Method For Producing Amide Compound

Abstract

[Problems] The present invention provides a method for efficiently producing a corresponding amide compound from a nitrile compound by a reaction using a nitrile hydratase and a method for producing an amide-based polymer excellent in quality from the amide compound. In addition, the present invention provides a method for more efficiently producing an acrylamide with higher quality by a microbial catalyst containing a nitrile hydratase and the like and a method for producing an acrylamide-based polymer, which is excellent in hue, has a good balance between the water solubility and the high molecular weight and is also excellent in quality, by using the acrylamide.[Means for Solving the Problems] The method for producing an amide compound of the present invention is characterized in that in a method for producing an amide compound from a nitrile compound in an aqueous medium in the presence of a catalyst having a nitrile hydratase activity, the concentration of benzene in the aqueous medium is 4.0 ppm or less. In addition, the method for producing an amide-based polymer of the present invention is characterized by homopolymerizing the amide compound or by copolymerizing the amide compound and at least unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the amide compound. Further, the method for producing acrylamide of the present invention is characterized by hydrating acrylonitrile having a concentration of acrolein of 1 ppm or less by a microbial cell containing a nitrile hydratase or a processed product of the microbial cell in an aqueous medium. Furthermore, the method for producing an acrylamide-based polymer of the present invention is characterized by homopolymerizing the acrylamide or by copolymerizing the acrylamide and at least one unsaturated monomer copolymerizable with the acrylamide.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for producing an amide compound.

[0002] The present invention (the first invention) relates more particularly to methods for producing an amide compound and an amide-based polymer and further more particularly to a method for efficiently producing a corresponding amide compound from a nitrile compound in an aqueous medium by the use of a catalyst having a nitrile hydratase activity, and a method for producing an amide-based polymer of high quality from the amide compound. In addition, the present invention (the second invention) relates more particularly to methods for producing an acrylamide and an acrylamide-based polymer and further more particularly to a method for producing an acrylamide of high quality by hydrating an acrylonitrile using a microbial cell containing a nitrile hydratase and the like; and to a method for producing an acrylamide-based polymer of high quality from the acrylamide.BACKGROUND ART

[0003] As men...