Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF ADIPONITRILE WHICH COMPRISES HEATING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OR DISPERSION OF DIAMMONIUM ADIPATE CONTAINING AT LEAST ABOUT 5 MOLES OF AMMONIA PER MOLE OF ADIPIC ACID AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 200*C. AND ABOUT 300*C. TO OBTAIN EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROLYSIS INTERMEDIATES, FEEDING SAID AQUEOUS EQUILIBRIUM HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS TO A DEHYDRATION CATALYST IN A FIXED OR FLUIDIZED BED AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 330*C. AND 380*C., AND SEPARATING ADIPONITRILE FROM THE CATALYST BED EFFLUENT.
Abstract:
1. IN THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING POLYNITRILE PRODUCTS FROM THE VAPOR PHASE AMMOXIDATION OF AROMATIC ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED HYDROCARBONS, THE IMPROVEMENT OF PROVIDING PURIFIED POLYNITRILE WHICH COMPRISES QUENCHING SAID AROMATIC AMMOXIDATION PRODUCTS IN ESSENTIALLY ANHYDROUS ACETIC ACID HELD AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 95*C. AND ABOUT 140*C. TO OBTAIN A SOLUTION OF POLYNITRILE IN ACETIC ACID, COOLING THE SOLUTION TO A TEMPERATURE NO LOWER THAN ABOUT 60*C., TO PRECIPITATE POLYNITRILE, AND SEPARATING SOLID POLYNITRILE PRODUCT.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING AN AMMONIUM SALT OF AN AROMATIC MONO- OR DICARBOXYLIC ACID TO THE FREE ACID IN HIGH YIELD BY ADDING ACETIC ACID TO A 0.25 TO 15 MOLAR AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SAID SALT IN AN AMOUNT SO THAT THE MOLE RATIO OF ACETIC ACID TO AMMONIUM ION IS GREATER THAN ABOUT 3:1, AND THEREAFTER RECOVERING THE FREE ACID.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN AROMATIC ACID SUCH AS TEREPHTHALIC ACID BY HYDROLYSIS OF TEREPHTHALONITRILE WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING TEREPHTHALONITRILE TO AQUEOUS HYDROLYSIS IN A CLOSED REACTOR AT 200*C. TO 300*C. UNTIL A HYDROLYSIS EQUILBRIUM IS OBTAINED, VENTING THE CLOSED SYSTEM TO REMOVE MORE THAN 50% OF A VAILABLE, AMMONIA, ADJUSTING THE VENTER SYSTEM TO A MOLALITY OF TEREPHTHALATE FROM 1.5 TO 2.5, SATURATING THE SYSTEM WITH CARBON DIOXIDE, AND ISOLATING THE PRECITATED TERPHTHALIC ACID BY SEPARATION UNDER A PRESSURE OF ABOUT 50 TO ABOUT 900 P.S.I.G.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR PURIFYING A PHTHALIC ACID OR A NAPHTHALENE CARBOXYLIC ACID MADE BY AMMOXIDATION AND SUBSEQUENT HYDROLYSIS WHICH CONSISTS OF CONTACTING SAID ACID AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 130* TO ABOUT 210*C. WITH AN ALKYL-SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC HYDROCARBON OR A PARTIALLY REDUCED AROMATIC HYDROCARBON, SAID HYDROCARBONS CONTAINING FROM 7 TO ABOUT 12 CARBON ATOMS, AND SEPARATING PURIFIED DICARBOXYLIC ACID.
Abstract:
1. A PROCESS FOR THE HYDROLYSIS OF A PHTHALONITRILE OF THE BENZENE AND NAPHTHALENE SERIES TO THE CORRESPONDING ACID WHEREBY AN ACID PRODUCT LOW IN NITROGEN IMPURITIES IS OBTAINED, WHICH COMPRISES HYDROLYZING SAID NITRILE WITH AQUEOUS ACETIC ACID AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 250* C. TO ABOUT 325*C., SAID AQUEOUS ACETIC ACID SOLUTION CONTAINING FROM ABOUT 5% BY WEIGHT TO ABOUT 40% BY WEIGHT OF ACETIC ACID AND WHEREIN THE MOLE RATIO OF ACETIC ACID USED PER MOLE OF NITRILE IS FROM ABOUT 2.0 TO ABOUT 4.0.
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:
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:
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:
A PROCES FOR THE PURIFACTIN OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID CONTAINING AN ALDEHYDE IMPURITY WHICH COMPRISES HEATING A SOLID AMMONIUM SALT OF SAID TEREPHTHALIC ACID AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 200*C. TO ABOUT 300*C. WHILE SWEEPING SAID SALT WITH STEAM.