Abstract:
A process for the preparation of aminoacetic acids or aminoacetonitriles with a tertiary hydrocarbon radical in the .alpha.-position in which monoamide derivatives of malonic acid are subjected to a Hofmann rearrangement.
Abstract:
Process for the preparation of macrocyclic compounds by condensation of at least difunctional compounds and subsequent thermal depolymerization in the presence of catalysts, wherein thermal depolarization is carried out in solvent of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent identical or different aliphatic C.sub.1-6 hydrocarbon radicals with or without functional groups and having number average molecular weights (Mn) from 500 to 3,000, from which the value of n inevitably follows, at a pressure of less than 50 hPa and at a temperature of 200 to 300.degree. C., 5 to 1,000 parts by weight of solvent being used per part by weight of macrocyclic compound.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a novel process for preparing 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid hydrochloride (ACC.multidot.HCl) of the formula ##STR1## ACC.multidot.HCl is prepared from a cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxylic acid diester via an 1-aminocarbonylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid ester intermediate and an alkali metal salt or alkaline earth metal salt of 1-aminocarbonylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid. The process represents a simplification and gives improved product yields.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for the preparation of 2,6-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid from 2-acyl-6-alkyl naphthalene, especially 2-acetyl-6-methylnaphthalene, by oxidation in two steps with oxygen or air. The catalyst in the first oxidation is based on manganese. The catalyst in the second oxidation is based on cobalt with bromine added. The addition of 6-alkyl-2-naphthoic acid to the reaction in the second oxidation, in portions or in a continuous manner, results in very good yields having high purities.
Abstract:
A method for the preparation of halogen benzoic acids by oxidation of the corresponding nuclear halogenated toluenes with oxygen or a gas containing oxygen, in acetic acid, with the addition of soluble cobalt and/or manganese compounds, and of sodium bromide, at elevated temperatures of about 80.degree. to 220.degree. C. and pressures of about 1 to 50 bar.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of methoxyacetic acid esters in which a chloroacetic acid ester is reacted with an alkali metal methoxide to give the methoxyacetic acid ester.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a novel process for the simultaneous preparation of cyclopropyl alkyl ketones and 4,5-dihydroalkylfurans from 3-acyltetrahydrofuran-2-ones using a metal salt according to the diagram ##STR1## In the reaction, N-alkyllactams and/or N-acylmorpholines which are high-boiling and only slightly miscible with water are used. By charging the solvent, the metal salt and the 3-acyltetrahydrofuran-2-one in a molar excess with respect to the metal salt, heating the mixture to 160.degree. to 220.degree. C. and metering in further 3-acyl-tetrahydrofuran-2-one, the desired products are obtained in high yields. The metal salt can moreover be recovered in a simple manner by washing with water.
Abstract:
In a process for the isolation of cobalt and/or manganese in the form of precipitated, easily filtrable cobalt and/or manganese oxalates from acetic acid solutions or extracts, the solutions in question are treated with oxalic acid dimethyl or diethyl ester at temperatures of 50.degree. to 250.degree. C.
Abstract:
A process is provided for the recovery and recycling of spent cobalt and/or manganese catalysts used in the air oxidation of alkyl aromatics in acetic acid. The catalysts are isolated in the form of oxalates of extremely low solubility from the acetic acid mother liquors and the cobalt oxalate dihydrate and/or manganese oxalate dihydrate catalysts are restored by the joint action of hydrogen bromide and acetic anhydride, acetyl bromide, or a mixture thereof, to a form in which they are soluble in acetic acid and can be used, again, as oxidation catalysts.
Abstract:
In a process for the recovery of cobalt oxalate and/or manganese oxalate, the solutions or extracts containing cobalt and/or manganese are treated with sodium, potassium or ammonium oxalate. To obtain an easily filtrable cobalt and/or manganese oxalate precipitate, the precipitation is performed at temperatures of 50.degree. to 160.degree. C. with 1 to 2 moles of solid alkali oxalate or ammonium oxalate. When sodium oxalate is used, the water content of the solutions or extracts is from 5 to 90% by weight, when potassium oxalate is used it is from 2 to 15% by weight, and when ammonium oxalate is used it is from 1 to 12% by weight.