Abstract:
A method for producing hydrogen peroxide by the reaction of hydrogen and oxygen in the reaction medium in the presence of a platinum group metal catalyst supported on a halogenated resin, in which, since there are no halogen ion nor high concentrations of acid in the reaction medium of this invention as there are in prior art methods, the problems of dissolution of catalyst and corrosion of the reaction vessel are solved.
Abstract:
A composition containing a) a polystyrene, substituted polystyrene, copolymer or terpolymer of styrene or of a substituted styrene, polycarbonate, polyester-carbonate, polyurethane, polyamide copolyamide, polyacetyl or polyphenylene oxide and b) at least one compound of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is methyl or ethyl and R.sub.2 is C.sub.2 -C.sub.30 alkyl.Compounds of the formula I in which R.sub.2 is C.sub.8 -C.sub.30 alkyl are novel and are suitable for stabilizing organic materials against thermal, oxidative and actinic degradation.
Abstract:
A catalyst for the asymmetric cyanohydrination of m-phenoxybenzaldehyde, comprises a catalytically effective amount of enantiomeric cyclo (phenylalanyl-histidine) adsorbed on a solid support comprising a non-ionic polymer resin.The catalyst is particularly useful as a catalyst in a process for the preparation of (s)-m-phenoxybenzaldehyde cyanohydrin, in which m-phenoxybenzaldehyde is reacted in a cyanohydrination solvent.
Abstract:
A process for producing an .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid which comprises hydrolyzing .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid ester in the presence of an organic sulfonic acid catalyst, using an .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid ester as the starting material.According to said process, .alpha.-hydroxyisobutyric acid can be efficiently produced.
Abstract:
Porous, rigid resin particles are prepared having a predetermined particle size distribution, surface area and porosity by polymerizing in the pores of porous inorganic template particles a reaction mixture comprising monovinyl monomers, polyvinyl crosslinking monomers and a polymerization initiator in a liquid medium in which the monomers and initiator are phase separable and extractable therefrom into the pores of the template particles. The extracted mixture is polymerized in the pores of the template particles, and the template particles are removed without destruction of the polymerizate. The isolated polymerizate mirrors the characteristics of the template particles. The surface of the polymerizate may be modified in various ways to contain desired functionality. The particles of the invention are useful in chromatography, adsorption, ion exchange, and in catalysis.
Abstract:
Anions containing sulfur and oxygen, e.g. thiosulfate, can be catalytically reduced using a protonated anion ion exchange resin as a catalyst. The process is preferably conducted in an aqueous system and at a pH below about 8.
Abstract:
Water for use in steam generation systems, which is contained in a storage tank, is deoxygenated for use in the system by adding hydrogen to a stream of the water and intimately mixing the same, pressurizing the stream to a pressure of 60-150 psig, and contacting the pressurized stream with a catalyst bed of palladium or platinum dispersed on a solid carrier. The hydrogen reacts with the dissolved oxygen in the presence of the catalyst at ambient temperatures, to produce a deoxygenated stream of water containing less than 10 ppb of oxygen. The deoxygenated water can be returned to the storage tank or supplied directly to the steam generation system.
Abstract:
A catalyst composition comprising a PGM complex bound to a carboxylated polymer containing not more than 5 mol equivalents of carboxylate groups per gram of polymer.
Abstract:
Novel microporous particles of polybenzimidazole (PBI) resin, characterized by a reduced bulk density, a surface area of at least 10 m.sup.2 /g, a porosity of at least about 10%, and an average pore diameter of from about 50 to 500 Angstroms are provided by emulsification-precipitation or atomizing-non-solvent quenching techniques. The disclosed microporus PBI particles are particularly suitable for use as substrates in chromatographic processes such as ion-exchange, separations, purifications, etc., as well as catalysts or chemical reagents in polymer supported reactions. Microporous PBI particles of varying acidity/basicity and/or anionic/cationic exchange characteristics, and/or containing various functional groups for use in chemical conversions, may be obtained by treatment of the PBI resin with various organic and inorganic acids, either during particle formation or subsequent thereto.
Abstract:
A desired unreacted monomer concentration is maintained in the reaction effluent removed from a polymerization reactor by manipulating the catalyst feed rate to the polymerization reactor based on a non-linear control signal derived from a comparison of actual and desired unreacted monomer concentration.