Abstract:
1. IN THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING HYPOCHLORITIES COMPRISING REACTING A STARTING COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF SOF4 AND A COMPOUND CONTAINING AT LEAST 4 ATOMS AND HAVING ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMULAE:
R''-CO-R'' OR F-CO-X-CO-F
WHEREIN R'' IS FLUROINE OR AN OPEN-CHAIN PERHALOALKYL GROUP AND X IS AN OPEN CHAIN PERHALOALKYLENE GROUP AND WHEREIN THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF FLUORIDE ATOMS IS AT LEAST EQUAL TO ONE HALF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HALOGEN ATOMS, WITH CIF; THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH CONSISTS OF CATALYZING THE REACTION BY INTRODUCING CATALYTIC AMOUNTS OF A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GASEOUS HF, GASEOUS BF3, GASEOUS ASF5 AND SBF5.
WHEREIN M IS AN ALKALI METAL AND RF AND RF'' ARE INDEPENDENTLY FLUOROPERHALOALKYL RADICALS HAVING THE FORMULA -CF2(CFX)NX WHEREIN X IS FLUORINE OR CHLORINE AND N IS 0 TO 5.
Abstract:
A COUPLED PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYCAPROAMIDE SHAPED ARTICLES FROM MOLTEN ANHYDROUS NASCENT POLYMER IS DISCLOSED. THE IMPROVEMENT IS HYDROLYZING TO FORM PREPOLYMER BY CONTINUOUSLY MAINTANING A CAREFULLY CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE PROFILE, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OF THE HYDROLYZER, FROM A TOP TEMPERATURE OF 200*C TO 240*C. AND A BOTTOM TEMPERATURE OF 245* TO 275*C. WITH NO MORE THAN 25* DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STAGES AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM TEMPERATURE WITHIN EACH STAGE BY MIXING WITH A HIGH DEGREE OF TURBULENCE WITHIN EACH STAGE TO ACHIEVE A MIXING REYNOLDS NUMBER OF FROM ABOUT 250 TO ABOUT 200,000, AND ACHIEVING PLUG FLOW EFFECT ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE REACTOR BY BAFFLES BETWEEN EACH STAGE, SO THE FINAL PRODUCTION HAS A WATER EXTRACTABLES CONTENT OF LESS THAN 3.5 PERCENT AND OLIGOMER CONTENT OF LESS THAN 2.5 PERCENT.
Abstract:
TERTIARY POLYFLUOROALKYL HYPOCHLORITES OF THE FORMULA:
R-(OCI)N
WHEREIN N IS 1 OR 2, R CONTAINS AT LEAST FOUR CARBON ATOMS AND IS AN OPEN CHAN YZ-PERFLUOROALKYL GROUP WHEN N IS 1, R IS AN OPEN CHAIN YZ-PERFLUOROALKYLENE GROUP WHEN N IS 2, WHEREIN Y AND Z ARE SUBSTITUENTS ON THE R MOIETY AND ARE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT ELECTRONEGATIVE GROUPS SELECTED FROM F, FSO2, FSO3, NO2, PERFLUOROALKYL, PERFLUOROCYCLOALKYL AND PERFLUOROARYL, WITH THE PROVISO THAT THE CARBON ATOM OR ATOMS ATTACHED TO THE -OCL GROUP OR GROUPS ARE EACH BONDED TO THREE OTHER CARBON ATOMS; MAY BE PREPARED BY REACTING CORRESPONDING TERTIARY ALCOHOLS WITH CHLORINE MONOFLUORIDE (CIF). THE NOVEL TERTIARY POLYFLUOROALKYL HYPOCHLORITES ARE USEFUL AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS, AS CHLORINATING AGENTS, AS BLEACHING AGENTS AND ARE VALUABLE INTERMEDIATES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF OTHER USEFUL COMPOUNDS.
Abstract:
POLYHALOORGANO HYPOCHLORITES OF THE FORMULA:
R-(OCI)N
WHEREIN N IS 1 OR 2, R IS AN OPEN CHAIN YZ-PERHALOALKYL GROUP WHEN N IS 1 AND AN OPEN CHAIN YZ-PERHALOZLKYLENE GROUP WHEN N IS 2, WHEREIN Y AND Z ARE SUBSTITUENTS ON THE R MOIETY AND MAY BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT AND SELECTED FROM ELECTRONEGATIVE GROUPS UNREACTIVE TO THE -OCI GROUP OR GROUPS, WITH THE PROVISO THAT WHEN N IS 2 THE R GROUP CONTAINS AT LEAST THREE CARBON ATOMS AND IN SUCH A CASE THE CARBON ATOM OR ATOMS ATTACHED TO THE -OCI GROUP OR GROUPS ARE EACH BONDED TO NO MORE THAN TWO OTHER CARBON ATOMS; MAY BE PREPARED BY REACTING CERTAIN COMPOUNDS CONTAINING CARBON-OXYGEN BONDS WITH AN INORGANIC REAGENT CONTAINING A CHLORINE ATOM IN A PLUS 1 OXIDATION STATE WHICH CHLORINE ATOM IS ATTACHED TO A MORE ELECTRONEGATIVE ELEMENT. THESE NOVEL POLYHALOORGANO HYPOCHLORITES ARE USEFUL AS POLYMERIZATION INITIATORS AND ARE VALUABLE INTERMEDIATES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF OTHER USEFUL COMPOUNDS.
Abstract:
HYDROGEN CONTAINING FLUOROALKYL CHLOFORMATES OF FORMULA:
R3COC(O)CL
WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, ALKYL, FLUOROALKYL AND ARYL WITH THE PROVISO THAT AT LEAST ONE R SUBSTITUENT IS FLUOROALKYL, AND AT LEAST ONE CARBON-HYDROGEN BOND IS PRESENT IN THE MOLECULE. THE ALKYL AND FLUOROALKYL MOIETIES MAY BE MADE UP OF THE SAME OF A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS AND EACH MAY CONTAIN UP TO SIX CARBONS (LOWER ALKYL), IN A STRAIGHT OR BRANCHED CHAIN STRUCTURE AND WHEN R CONTAINS SIX CARBON ATOMS, IT MAY REPRESENT CYCLIC ALKYL. THESE NOVEL HYDROGEN CONTAINING FLUORINATED CHLOROFORMATE PRODUCTS BELONG TO A CLASS OF HALOGENATED ALKYL CHLOROFORMATES, BEING USEFUL AS INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PREPARATION OF CORRESPONDING CARBONATE ESTERS, PEROXIDES, AS POLYMERIZATION CATALYSTS AND AS INSECTICIDES AND FUMIGANTS. THESE NOVEL HYDROGEN CONTAINING FLUORINATED CHLOROFORMATES MAY BE PREPARED BY REACTING THE CORRESPONDING HYPOCHLORITE HAVING THE FORMULA:
R3COCL
WHEREIN R IS DEFINED AS ABOVE, WITH CARBON MONOXIDE AT A TEMPERATURE OF UP TO 75*C., OR HIGHER. THIS METHOD MAY ALSO BE USED TO PREPARE TERTIARY PERFLUORINATED ALKYL CHLOROFORMATES HAVING NO HYDROGEN-TO-CARBON BONDS IN THE MOLECULE.