Abstract:
The present invention relates to substituted N-(cyclo)alkylpyrrolidones as solvents for application in methods for producing polyutherane dispersions.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the depolymerization of mixtures that contain mono- and/or diesters of polytetrahydrofurane in the presence of an acid catalyst and of a C1 to C3 alcohol at temperatures of 80 to 200 °C and a pressure of 0.05 to 0.5 MPa, the molar ratio of the C1 to C3 alcohol to the carboxyl groups contained in the mixture being greater than 1.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of an N-alkyl lactam with improved colour quality, where 0.01 to 10% by weight of a C1-10-alcohol or a compound which releases 0.01 to 10% by weight of a C1-10-alcohol is added to the N-alkyl lactam. Mixture comprising at least 99.0% by weight of an N-alkyl lactam and in the range from 100 to 5000 ppm by weight of a C1-10-alcohol or of an acetal, aminal or an ortho ester which releases in the range from 100 to 5000 ppm by weight of a C1-10-alcohol.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of an N-alkyl lactam with improved colour quality, where 0.01 to 10% by weight of a C1-10-alcohol or a compound which releases 0.01 to 10% by weight of a C1-10-alcohol is added to the N-alkyl lactam. Mixture comprising at least 99.0% by weight of an N-alkyl lactam and in the range from 100 to 5000 ppm by weight of a C1-10-alcohol or of an acetal, aminal or an ortho ester which releases in the range from 100 to 5000 ppm by weight of a C1-10-alcohol.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for producing 1,6-hexanediol, preferably of at least 99% purity, and especially practically free from 1,4-cyclohexanediols, from a carboxylic acid mixture that is obtained as a byproduct of the oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol using oxygen or oxygen-containing gases and by extraction of the reaction mixture with water, by transesterification and hydration to form hexanediol, the yield in valuable products being increased by adding a monomer or polymer polyol with at least three hydroxyl functional groups after a transesterification stage in which catalysts that contain at least one element of groups 3 to 14 are used.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an apparatus for separating a liquid substance mixture by distillation, a method for producing a tetrahydrofuran homopolymer and copolymer in which the oligomers in a liquid starting mixture containing oligomers are separated by distillation in such an apparatus, tetrahydrofuran homopolymers and copolymers which can be obtained using said method and have a narrow distribution of the relative molar mass, and the use thereof.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a mixture containing itaconic acid or an itaconic acid derivative and a primary amine of formula (I), wherein the molar ratio of primary amine to itaconic acid or itaconic acid derivative ranges between 0.5:1 to 20:1, characterized in that the mixture contains 50 mole percent or less of 4-carboxypyrrolidones of formula (II), derivatives of the 4-carboxypyrrolidones of formula (II) and 4-carbamidopyrrolidones of formula (III) based on the used itaconic acid or the used itaconic acid derivative, and in which R represents a linear or branched saturated aliphatic group with 1 to 24 C atoms or a saturated cycloaliphatic group with 3 to 24 C atoms. The invention further relates to the use of the mixture according to the invention for producing 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones and/or 1,4-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones, and to a method for producing 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones and/or 1,4-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones. The invention further relates to mixtures containing 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones and/or 1,4-alkyl methyl pyrrolidones and 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidines, the portion of 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidines ranging between 10 to 10.000 ppm, and to mixtures containing 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidone and 1,4-alkyl methyl pyrrolidone, characterized in that the molar ratio of 1,3-alkyl methyl pyrrolidone to 1,4-alkyl methyl pyrrolidone ranges between 1:1 to 10:1.