Patent ID: 8212028

Claim:
A method for producing ε-caprolactam, which comprises performing a vapor phase Beckmann rearrangement reaction of cyclohexanone oxime in the presence of a pentasil type zeolite, wherein the pentasil type zeolite is a zeolite obtained by subjecting a mixture containing a silicon compound, water, and a compound represented by formula (I): [(R 1 ) 3 N + —(CH 2 ) m —N + (R 1 ) 2 —(CH 2 ) m —N + (R 1 ) 3 ]·3/ n (A) (I) wherein R 1 represents an n-propyl group, A represents an iodide ion or hydroxide ion, m represents an integer of 6, and n represents an integer of 1, to a hydrothermal synthesis reaction.