Abstract:
LIQUID B-AMINOPROPIONITRILES ARE PROTECTED AGAINIST THERMAL DECOMPOSITION BY THE ADDITION OF A STABILIZING AMOUNT OF AN ACID SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF ORGANIC CARBOXYLIC AND SULFONIC ACIDS.
Abstract:
AN INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID FROM BENZOIC, PHTHALIC, OR ISOPHTHALIC ACIDS INVOLVING HENKEL TECHNOLOGY WHEREBY ION EXCHANGE REACTIONS ARE USED AS A MEANS TO OBTAIN INTERMEDIATES WHICH ENABLE RECOVERY AND REUSE OF POTASSIUM.
Abstract:
ALKYLCYCLOHEXANES HAVING 2-6 UNBRANCHED ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS INCLUDING A SINGLE SUBSTITUENT AT EACH OF THE 1- AND 4-POSITIONS ARE DICHLORINATED, DIBROMINATED OR DIFLUORINATED AT THE 1,4-POSITIONS BY REACTION WITH A C4-C5 TERTIARY ALKYL CHLORIDE, BROMIDE OR FLUORIDE. THE REACTION IS EFFECTED BT CONTACTING A MIXTURE OF THE REACTANTS, CONTAINING A LARGE MOLAR EXCESS (>2:1) OF THE TERTIARY ALKYL HALIDE, WITH 90-100% SULFURIC ACID OR 90-100% HYDROFLUORIC ACID AT A TEMPERATURE BELOW 50* C., PREFERABLY 0-30* C. THE RECOVERED 1,4 -DIHALOALKYLCYCLOHEXANES HAVE UTILITY AS INTERMEDIATES FOR PREPARING DIFUNCTIONAL DERIVATIVES, E.G. DIACIDS, DIALCOHOLS OR DIAMIDES, WHICH ARE USEFUL AS MONOMERS IN POLYMER MANUFACTURE.
Abstract:
IN A SODIUM GENERATION SYSTEM WHERE SODIUM CARBONATE AND COKE ARE REACTED TO GENERATE SODIUM, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING THE CYCLIC OPERATION OF A PAIR OF THERMAL REGENERATORS WHEREBY IN ONE HALF-CYCLE THE CO2 OFF GAS FROM THE SODIUM GENERATOR IS PASSED THROUGH ONE OF SAID REGENERATORS HAVING AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE BELOW THE FUSION POINT OF SODIUM CARBONATE THEREBY TRAPPING ANY VOLATILIZED CARBONATE IN SAID REGENERATOR, AND IN A SECOND HALF-CYCLE, CARBON MONOXIDE IS BURNED IN SAID REGENERATOR WHEREBY THE SODIUM COMPOUNDS TRAPPED IN SAID REGENERATOR ARE VAPORIZED AND RETURNED WITH THE EXITING GASES TO SAID SODIUM GENERATION SYSTEM.
Abstract:
THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A ALKYLADAMANTANE DIAMINE; NAMELY, 1,3 - DIMETHYLENEAMINE-5,7-DIMETHYLADAMANTANE, AND TO THE PREPARATION OF IT AND ITS HOMOLOGUES FROM AN ALKYLADAMANTANE DIACID THE PREPARATION STARTS WITH THE CHLORINATION OF THE ALKYLADAMANTANE DIACID WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY THE AMINDATION OF THE RESULTING DIACID CHLORIDE, WHICH IS TURN IS FOLLOWED BY THE DEHYDRATION OF THE RESULTING DIAMIDE AND ENDS WITH THE HYDROGENATION OF THE RESULTING DINITRILE. THE NAMED DIAMINE HAS THE FOLLOWING STRUCTURAL FORMULA:
3,7-DI(NH2-CH2-),1,5-DI(CH3-)ADAMANTANE
AND IS A WHITE, CRYSTALLINE SOLID USEFUL IN VARIOUS APPLICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE CORROSION INHIBITOR, CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE, AND A COMPONENT OF USEFUL POLYMERS.
Abstract:
A process for stabilizing dried lignitic and subbituminous coal against spontaneous combustion which comprises treating said dried coal at about 175* to about 225* C. with oxygen in an amount of from about 0.5 percent to about 8 percent by weight of said coal and rehydrating the oxygen treated coal with water in an amount of from about 1.5 percent to about 6 percent by weight of said oxygen treated coal.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING SATURATED HYDROCARBONS TO ALIPHATIC OR ALICYCLIC OLEFINS HAVING THE SAME NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS AS THE FEED IS DESCRIBED. THE FEED CAN BE C4-C10 N-PARAFFINS, CERTAIN C4-C10 ISOPARAFFINS, CYCLOHEXANE OR METHYL-SUBSTITUTED CYCLOHEXANES OF THE C7-C10 RANGE. THE OLEFIN PRODUCT FROM N-PARAFFIN FEED IS SINGLY BRANCHED OLEFIN. THE PROCESS INVOLVES RREACTING THE SATURATED HYDROCARBON WITH A C10-C13 ADAMANTANE HYDROCARBON IN THE PRESENCE OF STRONG SULFURIC ACID TO FORM A HIGHER ALKYLATED ADAMANTANE, FOLLOWED BY CRACKING OF THE LATTER TO YIELD THE OLEFIN AND RE-FORM THE C10-C13 ADAMANTANE HYDROCARBON. THE LATTER CAN BE RECYLED. THE PROCEDURE IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO THE RECOVERY OF OLEFINS FROM SPENT SULFURIC ACID PREVIOUSLY USED IN THE TREATMENT OF OLEFINIC STOCKS, E.G. IN AN OLEFIN-ISOPARAFFIN ALKYLATION PROCESS
Abstract:
NOVEL HYDROXYPHENYLKETOBUTYRIC ACIDS HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA:
(2-HO,6-R3,R1,R2-PHENYL)-(CH2)2-CO-COOH
WHEREIN R1 AN R2 ARE HYDROGEN OR LOWER ALKYL GROUPS HAVING FROM ONE TO THREE CARBON ATOMS; R3 IS HYDROGEN, AND WHEREIN R1 AND R2 MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT, ARE PREPARED BY SUBJECTING NAPHTHALENE OR ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED NAPHTHALENES HAVING THE STRUCTURAL FORMULA:
1-R3,R1,R2-NAPHTHALENE
WHEREIN R1, R2 AND R3 ARE AS DEFINED ABOVE, TO THE OXIDIZING ACTIVITY OF THE MICROOGRANISMS NOCARDIA COELIACA, ATCC NO. 21,146, NOCARDIA NOV. SP., ATCC NO. 21,145, OR STREPTOMYCES SPECIES, ATCC NO. 21,147.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for the hydrogenation of 1-phenyl-1,3,3trimethylindane to prepare selected isomers. For example 4,9-cis, 1-cyclohexyl-1,3,3-trimethylhydrindane, a fluid with improved tractive properties, can be prepared using a catalyst containing nickel, palladium or rhodium at a hydrogen pressure in the range of 600 to 1500 p.s.i.g., and a temperature substantially in the range of 200*C. to 225*C.
Abstract:
A Dy-alumino-silicate catalyst, useful for hydrocarbon conversion reactions, is chemically characterized by the empirical formula Mx(A102)x(SiO2)y.(H2O)z, where x, y and z are integers, the ratio x:y being usually from 1.0 to 0.2 and where at least 25% (and preferably more than 40%) of the negative charge associated with the aluminum of the alumino-silicate framework is satisfied by a cation of Dy or a cation of an oxide or a hydroxide of Dy. Preferably, upon ignition analysis the catalyst will evolve from 1 to 6 molecules of water (typically 1.5-2.5molecules) for each atom of Dy in the catalyst. Typically the negative charge associated with the zeolite framework is not completely satisfied by cations containing Dy and the balance of cations necessary for electronic equivalency comprise H or cations of metals, metal oxides or metal hydroxides. The zeolite also contains less than one alkali metal cation for every four atoms of aluminum in the framework. The zeolite can be amorphous, but preferably is at least partially crystalline and can adsorb benzene.