Abstract:
1. IN A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1,4-BUTANEDIOLFORMAL WHEREIN A MIXTURE OF BUTANEDIOL-1,4M AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF FORMALDEHYDE OT A SUBSTANCE YIELDING FORALDEHYDE, AND AN ACID OR ACID SALT IS HEATED IN A REACTION VESSEL, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONTINUOUSLY (A) HEATING AT THE BOIL A CONSTANT AMOUNT OF SAID REACTION MIXTURE WHICH CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% BY WEIGHT OF A STRONG ACID OR LESS THAN 10% BY WEIGHT OF AN ACID SALT OR A WEAK ACID, (B) EVAPORATING THE PRODUCT OF THE SYNTHESIS FROM THE REACTION MIXTURE AT SUCH A VELOCITY THAT A MEAN RESIDUE TIME IN THE REACTION VESSEL OF LESS THAN 240 MINUTES IS SET UP FOR A REACTION MIXTURE, (C) CONDENSING THE VAPORS OF THE PRODUCT OF THE SYNTHESIS, (D) SEPARATING THE TWO LAYERS WHICH FORM IN A LIQUID CONDENSATE, (E) SUBJECTING THE UPPER LAYER TO TREATMENT WITH ALKALI, PASSING SAID LAYER THROUGH AN EVAPORATOR AND THEREAFTER FRACTIONALLY DISTILLING SAID TREATED LAYER, AND (F) SUBJECTING THE LOWER LAYER TO AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION AND RECYCLING THE THE DISTILLATE TO THE UNCONDENSED PRODUCT STREAM WHICH LEAVES THE REACTION VESSEL.
Abstract:
The production of formaldehyde by oxidation of methanol in the presence of a catalyst in the form of oxides of iron and of molybdenum on a silicate carrier. The formaldehyde which can be prepared according to the process of the invention is a disinfectant, tanning material, reducing agent and valuable starting material for the production of synthetic resins, adhesives, plastics and auxiliaries for many industrial fields.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYCONDENSATES BY POLYCONDENSING IN AQUEOUS ACID MEDIUM (A) DIAMIDES OF DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS HAVING AT LAST FOUR CARBON ATOMS, (B) N,N''-SUBSTITUTED UREAS AND (C) FORMALDEHYDE, PRODUCTS OBTAINED IN THIS WAY AND A STABILIZIED MOLDABLE ADMIXTURE OF SAID POLYCONDENSATES WITH OXYMETHYLENE POLYMERS.
Abstract:
The production of formaldehyde by oxidizing dehydrogenation of methanol in the presence of a silver catalyst which consists of three or more layers each of specific weight and particles of specific particle size and having a specific total layer thickness. Formaldehyde prepared according to the process of the invention is a disinfectant, tanning agent, reducing agent and valuable starting material for the production of synthetic resins, adhesives and plastics.
Abstract:
1,216,275. Modified urea-formaldehyde condensates for stabilizing polyacetates. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK A.G. 19 April, 1968 [21 April, 1967 (2)], No. 18622/68. Headings C3P and C3R. Polycondensates useful as stabilizers of polyacetals against heat are prepared by heating (A) a diamide of a dicarboxylic acid having 4-18 C atoms and (B) an N : N 1 -alkyleneurea having 3-10 C atoms and/or an N : N 1 - distributed urea having alkyl, aryl or aralkyl groups of up to 8 C atoms as substituents with (C) formaldehyde in aqueous acid medium at 50‹-100‹ C., the molar ratio of (C) to (A) plus (B) being 1 to 2 : 1. Suitable starting materials are (A): azelaic, sebacic, decanedicarboxylic diamides, N : N 1 -dimethylsuberamide, adipamide and isophthalamide; (B): N : N 1 -ethylene - and - propylene - ureas, and N : N 1 - dimethyl-, -diethyl-, -dibutyl-, -diphenyl-, -ditolyl- and -methyl-tolyl-ureas. The preferred molar ratio of (A) to (B) is 0À7-1À3 : 1. The formaldehyde (C) may be supplied as paraformaldehyde, trioxane or polyoxymethylene, or in the form of previously made N-methylol derivatives of (A) or (B). H 2 SO 4 , H 3 PO 4 or strongly acid ion exchangers are suitable polycondensation catalysts. The product is preferably neutralized and washed; the viscous aqueous solution may be diluted with e.g. 1 : 3-dioxolane, methanol or methoxyethanol for use in solution, or spray dried. They are suitable for stabilizing mouldable polyacetals, especially those containing at least 80 mol. per cent oxymethylene units, the remaining units being residues of e.g. ethylene oxides, propylene oxide, 1 : 3-dioxolane, 1:3- dioxane, 1:3-dioxacycloheptone or diglycol formal. Conventional phenolic or hydrazone antioxidants may also be added, or secondary aromatic amines, and also pigments and fillers. In Examples stabilizers are prepared from (Example 1-3) isophthalamide, N : N 1 - ethyleneurea and 30% formalin; in Examples 4 and 6 adipamide is used as (A); in Example 8 4-methoxy-5 : 5 dimethyl-N : N 1 -propyleneurea is used as (B). In Example 5 a trioxane (97%) dioxolane (3%) copolymer is stabilized with 0À2% of products of the invention, 0À25% of 2 : 2 1 - methylene - bis (4 - methyl - 6 - t - butylphenol) and 0À02% NaF.
Abstract:
1,235,138. Formaldehyde. BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK A.G. 1 Nov., 1968 [4 Nov., 1967; 2 Dec., 1967; 19 July, 1968], No. 51928/68. Heading C2C. Formaldehyde solutions are prepared by reaction of methanol in the gas phase with O 2 or a gas containing free O 2 with or without steam at 600-800 C. in contact with a silver catalyst followed by multistage absorption of the formaldehyde from the resultant gas, the gas passing through at least three absorption stages at 60-90 C. under acid conditions, the first to penultimate stages containing an aqueous ureaformaldehyde precondensate solution having a molar ratio of formaldehyde to urea of from 1.8:1 to 2.8:1 and the final stage containing an aqueous urea solution, the residence time in said final stage being not more than one hour. Aqueous methanol recovered from the gas leaving the final absorption stage is preferably recycled for oxidation, and the mixture of recovered aqueous methanol and fresh methanol is treated with an alkaline agent to a pH of at least 9 before oxidation. The aqueous formaldehyde-urea precondensate solution may be obtained by mixing liquids from the final and first absorption stages and condensing under acid conditions.