Adipic acid, a fundamental component in the manufacture of chemical fibers, nylon 66, engineering plastics, and various pharmaceutical, food, and chemical products, is commonly synthesized through a ...

BASF SE BASFY announced the cessation of production for adipic acid, cyclododecanone (CDon) and cyclopentanone (CPon) at its Ludwigshafen site. The production facilities for CDon and CPon are ...

Verdezyne has opened a pilot plant in Carlsbad, Calif., that makes adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 6,6, from plant raw materials. CEO E. William Radany says the firm’s yeast-based fermentation ...

Several biobased chemical makers plan to scale up production of nylon precursors made via fermentation. They are responding to demand from consumer product companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas ...

A new initiative by the Climate Action Reserve, a non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, could play a significant role in curbing emissions of a potent climate pollutant from chemical plants in ...

Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This ...

(Top) Adipic acid reacts with hexamethylenediamine to form an amide bond (red line), just like the reaction in Figure 1, but there's a big difference. The reaction product that I've called "Thing" ...