Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR PURIFICATION OF AN AROMATIC ACID CONTAINING COLOR AND NITROGEN IMPURITIES SELECTED FROM HE GROUP OF POLY ACIDS OF THE BENZENES SERIES AND MONO- AND POLY ACIDS OF THE NAPHTHALENES SERIES AND OBTAINED BY THE HYDROLYSIS OF NITRILES, WHICH COMPRISES EXTRACTING SAID IMPURE ACID WITH A THREE PHASE HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF ACETIC ACID, A LIQUID AROMATIC HYDROCARBON HAVING FROM SIX TO NINE CARBON ATOMS, AND AROMATIC ACID; THE AQUEOUS ACETIC ACID SOLUTION CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 40% TO ABOUT 65% BY WEIGHT OF WATER, THE WEIGHT RATIO OF AQUEOUS EXTRACTANT SOLUTION TO AROMATIC HYDROCARBON BEING FROM ABOUT 3:75:1 TO ABOUT 20:1, FROM ABOUT 15% TO ABOUT 90% BY WEIGHT OF THE AROMATIC ACID BEING IN THE SOLID PHASE, AND SAID EXTRACTION BEING MADE TO OCCUR IN A CLOSED SYSTEM AT A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 200* AND ABOUT 250* C.
Abstract:
Porous cellulosic stock can be coated with a thermoset polymer while being impregnated with a wax by this invention. A dispersion of solid particles of the precursor of a thermoset polymer in molten wax is applied to cellulosic stock at a temperature below the conversion temperature of the precursor. This treated cellulosic stock is then heated to a temperature above the conversion temperature of the precursor and subjected to pressure. The resulting laminated product is polymer coatedwax impregnated cellulosic stock. The solid precursor used must be substantially insoluble in the molten wax at a temperature below the conversion temperature of the precursor and must be convertible below a temperature which would degrade the stock. This product has utility as a packaging material comprising a high water vapor barrier coupled with a tough, scuff-resistant, non-blocking surface.
Abstract:
1. IN THE PROCESS OF CARRYING OUT AMMOXIDATIONREACTIONS IN A MOVING BED REACTOR USING V2O4 AS CATALYST AND WITHOUT ADDED OXYGEN, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: (A) SEPARATING SPENT CATALYST CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF V2O3 FROM AMMOXIDATION PRODUCTS AND UNCREATED STARTING MATERIALS, (B) OXIDIZING A PORTION OFF SAID V2O3 TO V2O5, (C) MIXING SAID V2O5 WITH REMAINING V2O3, (D) HEATING SAID MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 350* AND 500* C. WHEREBY V2O4 IS FORMED, AND (E) FEEDING SAID V2O4 TO SAID AMMOXIDATION PROCESS FOR USE AS CATALYST.
Abstract:
A useful fuel for an internal combustion engine comprises a hydrocarbon base stock of gasoline boiling range, a methylsubstituted phenol and an ether containing a branched alkyl group and boiling below 460*F., said phenol and said ether each being present in amount (e.g., 0.1-15 wt. %) sufficient to increase the Research octane number (RON). The invention also includes a gasoline blending system. For example, preferred compositions can be made by blending 89 RON gasoline containing 5 vol. % p-cresol with 97 RON gasoline containing 5% methyl methoxy propane. Beneficial synergism is noted in such blends for RON blending values.
Abstract:
Process of dehydrocyclizing C6-C10 hydrocarbons having at least a C6 backbone using a Li, Na or K zeolite X or Y impregnated or ion exchanged with 0.1 to 1.2 weight percent Pt and impregnated or ion exchanged with 0.01 to 1.0 weight percent Cd at from 500 to 560 and preferably 510* to 555*C. using a partial pressure of hydrogen of from 10 to 300 p.s.i. and preferably 40 to 200 p.s.i. to form benzene and alkylbenzene.
Abstract:
COMPOUNDS CONTAINING HYDROGEN BONDED TO CARBON ARE CHLORINATED IN VAPOR PHASE WHEN INTRODUCED AT AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL INTO A REACTOR MAINTAINED AT A TEMPEATURE IN THE RANGE OF 315-500*C. AND CONTAINING A BED OF FERROUS CHLORIDE WHICH BY INTERACTION WITH HCL AND OXYGEN IS USED TO PRODUCE FERRIC CHLORIDE VAPOR WHICH IS CONTACTED WITH THE C-H CONTAINING COMPOUND TO PRODUCE HCL, A C-CL GROUP, AND SOLID FECL2 WHICH FALLS TO THE BED. WHEN THE BED OF FERROUS CHLORIDE GRADUALLY CONVERTS TO OXYGENATED IRON COMPOUND, THE BED CAN BE PERIODICALLY REGENERATED BY INCREASING THE PROPORTION OF HCL:O2 AND CONTINUING TO OPERATE AT THE HIGH HCL:O2 MOLAR PROPORTION UNTIL SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE OXYGENATED IRON COMPOUND HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO IRON CHLORIDE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-PYRROLIDIONE WHICH COMPRISES REACTING SUCCINIC ACID OR ITS PRECURSOR, HYDROGEN, AND AMMONIA IN AN AQUEOUS SYSTEM AT A MOLE RATIO OF AMMONIA TO ACID OF ABOUT 1.1:1 TO ABOUT 1.7:1, AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 250* C. TO ABOUT 275* C., AT A PRESSURE OF FROM ABOUT 1500 TO 2000 P.S.I.G., FOR A TIME OF ABOUT 3 TO ABOUT 6 HOURS, AND IN THE PRESENCE OF A RHODIUM CATALYST.
Abstract:
ISOBUTANE IS DEHYDROGENATED TO PRODUCE ISOBUTENE BY ESTABLISHING IN A FIRST O ZONE A DEHYDROGENATING AGENT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SULFUR AT 700-1000*C. AND THEN DIRECTLY CONTACTING SAME NON-CATALYTICALLY IN A SECOND ZONE AT 500-630*C. WITH ISOBUTANE. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEHYDROGENATING AGENT CAN BE DONE EITHER BY CATALYTICALLY REACTING SO2 AND H2S AT 700-1000*C. OR BY HEATING SULFUR TO 700-1000*C.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PUYRIFICATION OF NAPHTHALENE CARBOXYLIC ACIDS CONTAINING AN ALDEHYDE IMPURITY WHICH COMPRISES HEATING SOLID AMMONIUM SALT OF SAID ACID WHILE SWEEPING SAID SOLID SALT WITH STEAM.
Abstract:
A MULTISTEP PROCESS IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN 5-P-TOLYLPENTENE-2 IS CONVERTED TO 1,7-DIMETHYLTETRALIN IN THE PRESENCE OF A SOLID ACIDIC CARALYST AT 200-450*C. AND PREFERABLY ALSO RECYCLED HYDROGEN, VAPORS FROM THIS CONVERSION ARE REACTED BY CONTACT AT 300-500*C. IN A HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE WITH A SOLID DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST, PREFERABLY PLATINUM ON NON-ACIDIC ALUMINA, TO FORM 1,7-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE AND HYDROGEN, VAPORS FROM THE DEHYDROGENATION REACTION ARE CONTACTED WITH 275-500*C. WITH A SOLID ACIDIC ISOMERIZATION CATALYST TO FORM 2,7-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE IN ADMIXTURE WITH 1,7-DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE, 2,7DIMETHYLNAPHTHALENE IS RECOVERED FROM THE ISOMERIZATION PRODUCT, E.G. BY CRYSTALLIZATION, AND PART OF THE GENERATED HYDROGEN IS RECYCLED IN THE SYSTEM. THE PROCESS CAN BE VARIED IN SEVERAL WAYS, INCLUDING THE UTILIZATION OF A LIQUID ACIDIC CATALYST IN EITHER THE FIRST STEP OR THE ISOMERIZATION STEP.