Abstract:
A metallocene procatalyst useful in a catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins, particularly to make stereospecific polymers, and more particularly polymerization to make isotactic polypropylene is obtained from a process in which the product of a reaction between a suitable ligand and an alkali-alkyl is reacted with a transition metal salt in the presence of an accelerant that has at least one lone pair of electrons in its outer valence shell. When the metallocene procatalyst produced is used in a catalyst system for the production of isotactic polymers, specifically isotactic polypropylene, the metallocene procatalyst can be used without isolating and separating the racemic modification from the meso form.
Abstract:
A method for inhibiting polymer build-up in a recycle line and a heat exchanger during a polymerization process of one or more alpha olefins, particularly sticky polymers, or of one or more diolefins such as butadiene, isoprene, styrene, or styrene and butadiene, which method comprises introducing as an antifouling agent an alcohol having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, an alkyl or cycloalkyl ether having 2 to 20 carbon atoms, ammonia, an ester of an inorganic acid, a compound of a group IV element of the periodic table, alkyl and aryl amines, a sulfur-containing compound, or a mixture thereof at one or more locations in the recycle gas line in an amount sufficient to inhibit polymer build-up.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to processes for producing acyclic or cyclic alcohols or glycols, carbonyls, oxiranes or aziridines from hydrocarbyl group-containing compounds, particularly lower alkanes such as methane, ethane, propane or butanes, in which the hydrocarbyl group-containing compounds are converted under regioselective conditions to a functionalized ultimate precursor from which the final products can be produced. In its broadest sense, regioselective conditions are reaction zone conditions which are highly selective to the production and recovery of the desired functionalized compound, be it the ultimate precursor or an intermediate to the production of the ultimate precursor.
Abstract:
Methods for enhancing the water-solubility of substantially water-insoluble compounds are disclosed by combining such compounds with a water-soluble polymer, e.g., polyalkylene oxide polymer or a cellulose ether, having a molecular weight of from about 50,000 to 7,000,000 grams/per gram in an amount effective to enhance the water-solubility of the compound in an acidic environment, e.g., pH less than about 5. Compositions comprising the compounds having enhanced water solubility are also disclosed.
Abstract:
This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyaldehydes, e.g., 6-hydroxyhexanals, which comprise subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes, e.g., butadiene, to reductive hydroformylation in the presence of a reductive hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, and hydroformylation in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, to produce one or more substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyaldehydes. The substituted and unsubstituted hydroxyaldehydes produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof, e.g., epsilon caprolactone. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted hydroxyaldehydes as principal product(s) of reaction.
Abstract:
This invention relates to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted 1,6-hexanediols, e.g., 1,6-hexanediol, which comprise subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes to hydrocarbonylation in the presence of a hydrocarbonylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, and a promoter and optionally free ligand to produce said one or more substituted or unsubstituted 1,6-hexanediols. The substituted and unsubstituted 1,6-hexanediols produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof, e.g., epsilon caprolactone. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted of unsubstituted 1,6-hexanediols as principal product(s) of reaction.
Abstract:
This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated alcohols which comprise reacting one or more substituted or unsubtituted alkadienes with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a metal-ligand complex catalyst and a promoter and optionally free ligand to produce said one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated alcohols. The substituted and unsubstituted unsaturated alcohols produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated alcohols as principal product(s) of reaction.
Abstract:
This invention relates to a process for preparing carboxylic acids by oxidising an aldehyde with molecular oxygen or a gas containing molecular oxygen in the presence of an amine and/or amine N-oxide promoter selected from the group consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl amine, alkyl amine N-oxide, aromatic amine, aromatic amine N-oxide, heterocyclic amine, heterocyclic amine N-oxide and mixtures thereof, to produce the carboxylic acid. Such carboxylic acids have utility for example as chemical intermediates.
Abstract:
A process for producing polybutadiene or polyisoprene in a gas phase reactor by continuously or intermittently introducing a stream of butadiene or isoprene monomer and optionally an inert gas into a polymerization zone while maintaining the temperature within the polymerization zone below the dew point temperature of the monomer present in said polymerization zone in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and in the presence of inert particulate material.
Abstract:
A process for producing polymer in a gas phase reactor by introducing a stream of monomer and gas into a polymerization zone while providing at least one liquid component in the polymerization zone.