The invention belongs to the field of
chemical engineering and relates to a process for preparing
caprylhydroxamic acid. The process comprises the steps sequentially: adding
hydroxylamine hydrochloride into a reactor, adding an alcoholic solution, and stirring to dissolve; adding n-octoate into the reactor, and stirring and mixing uniformly; then, adding 4-dimethyl aminopyridine, adding a
solid base, controlling the temperature to be 5-15 DEG C, and adjusting the pH value of the solution in the reactor to be 5.0-6.5; controlling the temperature of the solution to be 20-40 DEG C at normal pressure, reacting for 1-3 hours, cooling to the temperature of -10 DEG C to 0 DEG C after reacting ends, filtrating
sodium chloride or
potassium chloride, and carrying out vacuum concentration, cooling
crystallization and
centrifugal separation, so as to obtain a crude product; and recrystallizing the crude product in a
solvent, and
drying, thereby obtaining
caprylhydroxamic acid, of which the content is over 99%. According to the process, the used raw materials are easily obtained; the
reaction conditions are mild, so that the danger of decomposed explosion of
hydroxylamine resulting from too-high temperature is excellently avoided; the reaction medium is an
alcohol-water
system, is safe and cheap and can be repeatedly applied mechanically, so that the production cost is reduced greatly, and industrial production and market promotion are facilitated.