Abstract:
A catalyst for the oxidation of aromatic or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons which contains in the active material from 60 to 99 percent by weight of titanium dioxide and/or zirconium dioxide, from 1 to 40 percent by weight of vanadium pentoxide and up to 6 percent by weight of combined phosphorus, and which contains from 0 to 0.3 percent by weight of phosphorus in the outer layer and more than 0.3 percent up to 6 percent by weight of phosphorus in the remaining catalytic material.
Abstract:
A process for separating, by distillation, a mixture consisting essentially of 3,3-dimethylacrolein and 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol, wherein the mixture to be separated is distilled in the presence of water and glycerol, the 3,3-dimethyl-acrolein first being distilled off azeotropically with water and the 3-methyl-3-buten1-ol then being separated, as an azeotropic mixture with water, from the higher-boiling glycerol. It is also possible to isolate the 3,3-dimethylacrolein by distillation if the 3-methyl-3-buten1-ol is partially replaced by 3-methyl-2-buten-1-ol. The 3,3dimethylacrolein, which can be isolated in pure form by the process of the invention, is a valuable intermediate for the synthesis of natural substances such as citral, vitamin A and chrysanthemic acid.
Abstract:
Camptothecin, camptothecin-like compounds, and their production, a hydroxyl group being introduced into the lactone ring of the skeleton of camptothecin.
Abstract:
A fungicidal composition which is a synergistic mixture of 2(methoxycarbamoyl)-benzimidazole and an N-substituted phthalimide having a combined fungicidal action greater than the sum of actions of the individual components. The composition is especially useful in preventing fungus growth on seeds and plants.
Abstract:
The production of compounds of 2-phenyl-3-nitrobutyric acid by reaction of 1-phenyl-2-nitroethenes with lithium carboxamides. The compounds which can be prepared according to the process of the invention are valuable starting materials for the production of dyes and pharmaceuticals.
Abstract:
The production of 1-amino-4-nitroanthraquinone-2-carboxylic esters by reaction of 1,2-dihydro-6-nitro-7,8-diphthaloyl-3,1,4Hbenzoxazone-4 with an alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst. Pure carboxylic esters are immediately obtained in a high yield previous isolation of the carboxylic acid.
Abstract:
Manufacture of diesters of dicarboxylic acids from aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acids or their anhydrides and alcohols of from three to 15 carbon atoms, in which substantial purification of the waste water is achieved by treating the waste water with the same alcohol as used in the ester synthesis.
Abstract:
An improvement in the process for the production of 1-amino-4nitroanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid from 1-aminoanthraquinone-2carboxylic acid by reaction with formaldehyde in concentrated sulfuric acid and nitration of the reaction product into 1,2dihydro-6-nitro-7,8-diphthaloyl-3,1,4H-benzoxazone-4 followed by hydrolysis of the same. The improvement consists in precipitating the benzoxazone derivative by adding a precipitant, hydrolyzing the isolated benzoxazone derivative in aqueous solution and precipitating the 1-amino-4-nitro-anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid from the alkaline solution by acidification. 1-amino-4nitroanthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid is obtained in a purity of 95 percent by weight or more.
Abstract:
Manufacture of saturated aliphatic alcohols by hydrogenation of saturated aliphatic aldehydes at temperatures of from 140* to 230*C at pressures of from 50 to 350 atmospheres in the presence of catalysts containing from 5 to 15% by weight nickel and 5 to 20% by weight molybdenum supported on silicic acid, in which process catalysts are used which have been obtained by heating silicic acid carrier materials to temperatures of from 700* to 1200*C, impregnating the resulting silicic acid carrier materials with nickel and molybdenum salts, drying the resulting material with or without further heating to temperatures of from 200* to 500*C and subsequently treating the product with hydrogen at elevated temperature in conventional manner. The alcohols obtained are used as solvents or for the manufacture of plasticizers for polyvinyl chloride.