Abstract:
A process for separating off poorly soluble by-products from reaction mixtures which are produced in the oxidation of p-cresol with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in methanol as solvent in the presence of alkali metal hydroxide and in the presence of metal compounds as catalyst, is characterized in that, after the oxidation, excess alkali is neutralized to the extent that a salt precipitate forms and this salt precipitate is separated off together with the poorly soluble by-products.
Abstract:
Diphenylamine can be dehydrocyclized on noble metal catalysts in the liquid phase at temperatures of 200.degree. to 340.degree. C. The reaction proceeds with a surprisingly high selectivity.
Abstract:
2-Chloro-6-nitrophenyl alkyl sulphides of the formula ##STR1## in which the substituents are as defined in the description, can be prepared by reacting 2,3-dichloro-nitrobenzenes of the formula ##STR2## with mercaptans of the formulaHS-R.sup.1 (III)in the presence of 1-1.2 equivalents of a base per mole of mercaptan and in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst, at a temperature of 0.degree.-100.degree. C., in an aqueous or aqueous-organic medium. The majority of the 2-chloro- 6-nitrophenyl alkyl sulphides obtainable in this way are novel.
Abstract:
2,4- or 2,6-dihalogeno-aniline can be prepared by reacting an amino-benzoic acid ester of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the meanings indicated in the description, with 2-2.5 moles of a chlorinating or brominating agent in an inert reaction medium at a temperature of 40.degree.-160.degree. C. and subsequently hydrolyzing and decarboxylating the dihalogenated amino-benzoic acid ester.
Abstract:
Alkylated aromatic amines can be isolated from crude catalyst-containing mixtures of these with olefins by a procedure in which in general equivalent amounts of an inorganic base and water are added to the alkylation mixture, the catalyst is hydrolysed, the water present in the reaction mixture after the hydrolysis is removed by distillation and the solid catalyst residue is separated off. The catalyst-free alkylation mixture which remains is then fed to customary further working up.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of an arylglyoxylic acid of the formula Ar--CO--COOH, wherein Ar is optionally substituted aryl, which process comprises oxidizing the corresponding arylethane-1,2-diol of the formula ##STR1## with oxygen or a gas containing molecular oxygen, in an aqueous alkaline medium and in the presence of a platinum-group metal catalyst and, as an activator, a material selected from lead, lead compounds, bismuth and bismuth compounds, at a temperature of up to the boiling point of the reaction mixture; e.g. phenylglyoxylic acid is produced from phenylethane-1,2-glycol preferably using platinum activated with lead, bismuth, or compounds thereof.
Abstract:
2-Halogenoindan-1-ones are prepared in an advantageous manner by converting anilines into diazonium salts and these, with acrylic compounds, into 3-phenyl-1-halogenoproprionic acid derivatives, and latter are cyclized.
Abstract:
N-Phenyl-1-naphthylamine can be prepared by reaction of aniline and 1-naphthylamine in the liquid phase at 100-400.degree. C. under normal pressure, a catalyst mixture comprising boron and fluorine being employed. Such catalyst mixtures can be obtained, for example, by reaction of hydrogen fluoride, boric acid and aniline and/or 1-naphthylamine. The catalyst is recovered and can be employed again. The reaction can be carried out discontinuously or continuously.
Abstract:
Impure POCl.sub.3 is purified by distillation in the presence of high-boiling nitrogen compounds from the group consisting of the substituted pyridines and pyrimidines, the open-chain and cyclic aliphatic amines, the open-chain and cyclic amidines, the guanidines and the aromatic amines.
Abstract:
The new process for preparing 4,4'-dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid and salts thereof by oxidation of 4-nitrotoluene-2-sulphonic acid with an oxidant in the presence of strong bases is characterized in that the oxidation is carried out in a mixture of water and an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers and mixtures thereof.