Abstract:
TRANSPARENT POLYAMIDES RESISTANT TO BOILING ARE PRODUCED BY REACTING AN AROMATIC DICARBOXYLIC ACID (OR AN AMIDE-FORMING DERIVATIVE THEREOF) WITH A DIAMINE HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA:
H2N-CH(-R1)-R2-CH(-R3)-NH2
WHEREIN R1 IS HYDROGEN OR AN ALKYL GROUP OF 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS, R2 IS AN ALKYLENE GROUP HAVING 1 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS IN THE CHAIN OR A PHENYLENE GROUP, AND R3 IS AN ALKYL GROUP OF 1 TO 4 CARBON ATOMS. ABOUT 1 TO 25% BY WEIGHT OF THE REACTANTS CAN BE REPLACED BY CAPROLACTAM. THE PRODUCTS ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR MAKING TRANSPARENT THIN FILMS.
Abstract:
wherein Ar is an aromatic residue, X is a halogen with carbon monoxide and an alkali or alkaline earth metal oxide hydroxide or carbonate in the presence of a metal carbonyl catalyst and in the additional presence of a mixture of water and an alcohol.
A process for preparing an aryl acetic acid which comprises contacting a compound of the formula
Abstract:
Production of amino nitriles of the formula:
WHEREIN R is -CH2-CHR3- by catalytic amination hydrogenation of a compound of the formula:
WHEREIN R is -CH CR3- or -CH2-CHR3-; R1 and R2 are the same or different and each are an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R3 is hydrogen or an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and R4 is hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an aryl group and wherein R3 and R4 together with the carbon atoms to which they are connected may form a 5 or 6 carbon atom containing ring IN THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST STOICHIOMETRIC QUANTITIES OF AMMONIA, HYDROGEN PRESSURE OF AT LEAST 50 ATMOSPHERES, TEMPERATURE OF ABOUT 60* TO 180*C, preferably 100* to 140*C wherein the catalyst is platinum or palladium instead of the known nickel, cobalt or rhodium.
Abstract:
METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTIONOF GLUTARIC ACIDS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA I
HOOC-C(-R1)(-R2)-CH2-CH2-COOH
IN WHICH R1 AND R2 SIGNIFY ALKYL GROUPS WITH 1-4 C-ATOMS, OR IN WHICH R1 AND R2 TOGETHER WITH THE CARBON ATOM TO WHICH THEY ARE ATTACHED CAN FORM A CARBOCYCLIC RING, BY OXIDATION AND SAPONIFICATION OF CYANO ALDEHYDES OF THE GERNERAL FORMULA II
HCO-C(-R1)(-R2)-CH2-CH2-CN
IN WHICH R1 AND R2 HAVE THE MEANING INDICATED ABOVE WHICH OXIDATION IS CARRIED OUT WITH CHLORINE AND/OR BROMINE IN THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST A STOICHIOMETRICAL AMOUNT OF WATER.
Abstract:
METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUBSTITUTED 4-CYANOBUTYRIC ACIDS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA:
HOOC-C(-R1)(-R2)-CH2-CH2-CN
IN WHICH R1, AND R2 EITHER SIGNIFY ALKYL GROUPS WITH 1-4 C-ATOMS, OR IN WHICH R1 AND R2 TOGETHER WITH THE CARBON ATOM TO WHICH THEY ARE ATTACHED FORM A CARBOCYCLIC RING, BY OXIDATION OF CORRESPONDING SUBSTITUTED 4-CYANOBUTYRIC ALDEHYDES OF THE GENERAL FORMULA:
HCO-C(-R1)(-R2)-CH2-CH2-CN
IN WHICH R1 AND R2 HAVE THE MEANING INDICATED ABOVE, IN WHICH THE OXIDATION IS CARRIED OUT WITH HALOGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF WATER.