US PATENT SUBCLASS 548 / 552
.~.~.~.~.~ Processes of forming 2-pyrrolidone which is unsubstituted or alkyl or alkenyl substituted only


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548 /   HD   ORGANIC COMPOUNDS -- PART OF THE CLASS 532-570 SERIES

*  DD  ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (Class 532, Subclass 1) {1}
*  DD  .~ HETEROCYCLIC CARBON COMPOUNDS CONTAINING A HETERO RING HAVING CHALCOGEN (I.E., OXYGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM, OR TELLURIUM) OR NITROGEN AS THE ONLY RING HETERO ATOMS (Class 540, subclass 1) {4}
400  DF  .~.~ Hetero ring is five-membered consisting of one nitrogen and four carbons (e.g., halopyrrolidines, etc.) {20}
541  DF  .~.~.~ Chalcogen attached directly to the five-membered hetero ring by nonionic bonding (e.g., 3-pyrrolidinols, etc.) {3}
543  DF  .~.~.~.~ Chalcogen bonded directly to a ring carbon of the five-membered hetero ring which is adjacent to the ring nitrogen (e.g., 2-pyrrolidones, etc.) {6}
552.~.~.~.~.~ Processes of forming 2-pyrrolidone which is unsubstituted or alkyl or alkenyl substituted only {2}
553  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> Directly from a cyano containing compound (e.g., from succinonitrile, etc.)
554  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> Directly from a -COO- containing compound (e.g., from methyl acrylate, etc.)


DEFINITION

Classification: 548/552

(under subclass 543) Processes for forming 2-pyrrolidone, which has the following formula, or its alkyl or alkenyl substitution products: [figure]