Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for preparing N-methyldialkyl-amines by reacting secondary dialkylamines with formaldehyde at a temperature of from 100 to 200° C., by using from 1.5 to 3 mol of formaldehyde per mole of secondary dialkylamine and degassing the resulting reaction product, removing the aqueous phase and distilling the organic phase.
Abstract:
A process for preparing 3(4),8(9)-dihydroxymethyltricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane by hydroformylating dicyclopentadiene with subsequent distillation wherein the hydroformylation of dicyclopentadiene is carried out in two stages, and, in a first hydroformylation stage, the reaction is effected in a heterogeneous reaction system using an aqueous solution of transition metal compounds, containing water-soluble organic phosphorus (III) compounds in complex-bound form, of group VIII of the Periodic Table to give 8(9)-formyltricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-3-ene, and, in a second hydroformylation stage, the thus obtained 8(9)-formyltricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]dec-3-ene is converted, in homogeneous organic phase in the presence of transition metal compounds of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements to 3(4),8(9)-bisformyltricyclo[5.2.1.02,6]decane.
Abstract:
A process for selectively hydroformylating dicyclopentadiene to 8(9)-formyltricyclo-[5.2.1.02,6]dec-3-ene in a heterogeneous reaction system using an aqueous solution of transition metal compounds, containing water-soluble organic phosphorus(III) compounds in complex-bound form, of group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements, wherein the water-soluble organic phosphorus(III) compounds are alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts of sulfonated arylphosphines and aryldiphosphines.
Abstract:
A process for preparing 3(4),8(9)-bisformyltricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]decane by hydroformylating dicyclopentadiene with subsequent distillation wherein the hydroformylation of dicyclopentadiene is carried out in two stages, and, in the first hydroformylation stage, the reaction is effected in a heterogeneous reaction system using an aqueous solution of transition metal compounds, containing water-soluble organic phosphorus (lll) compounds in complex-bound form, of group Vlll of the Period Table of the Elements to give 8(9)-bisformyltricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]dec-3-ene, and, in a second hydroformylation stage, the thus obtained 8(9)-bisformyltricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]dec-3-ene is converted, in homogeneous organic phase in the presence of transition metal compounds of group Vlll of the Periodic Table of the Elements to 3(4),8(9)-bisformyltricyclo[5.2.1.02.6]decane.
Abstract:
The recovery of rhodium, present as a homogeneous dissolved complex compound especially in residues of products of the oxo process, is carried out in a two-stage process. In the first stage, the residues are treated with a gas-containing oxygen in the presence of a C.sub.2 - to C.sub.4 - monocarboxylic acid and an alkali metal salt of a C.sub.2 - to C.sub.4 -monocarboxylic acid, and are then extracted with water. In the second reaction stage, they are treated again with a gas-containing oxygen, an aldehyde, a C.sub.2 - to C.sub.4 -monocarboxylic acid, and an alkali metal salt of a C.sub.2 to C.sub.4 monocarboxylic acid, and are extracted once more with water.
Abstract:
A process for the recovery of 2-methylbutanal from mixtures of isomeric aldehydes having 5 carbon atoms wherein the mixture is distilled in the presence of formaldehyde and an aldolization catalyst. The 2-methylbutanal obtained is useful as an intermediate for the preparation of various useful compounds, including the corresponding alcohol, amine, and acid.
Abstract:
A walking beam furnace comprises a hearth formed by fixed and walking beams disposed with their axes in the feed direction. Both the walking beams and the fixed beams are divided at positions spaced apart in the feed direction into sections, and each section of each beam is staggered relative to the adjacent section. As a result, the material to be annealed comes into contact with the cooled fixed beams at different positions at each of the conveying pauses and temperature balancing takes place at the points of contact.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a walking beam furnace, the hearth of which consists, at least partially, of longitudinal beams arranged side by side and alternately formed as fixed beams and walking beams. Each walking beam is lifted and lowered with the aid of lifting rollers, which run on ramps. The ramps are prolonged downwards by a longer distance than is required for the working lift of the walking beams. The walking beams are depressed, step by step, into a repair and maintenance plane which lies appreciably below the plane of the hearth, by moving down the lifting rollers into the region of the lower prolongation of the ramps. For this purpose, a lifting rod which connects all the lifting rollers belonging to a walking beam, is connected to an associated actuating cylinder via a pivotally movable perforated arm mounted at a fixed point, the lifting rod being extended piece by piece by means of extension sections and with the aid of a holding device, and being in each case reinserted into a lower hole in the perforated arm.
Abstract:
In a process for preparing methyl-nonyl-acetaldehyde from undecanal and formaldehyde or a source of formaldehyde, e.g., a substance which forms formaldehyde, in the presence of catalytic amounts of a secondary amine, the improvement whereinA. the undecanal is used in the form of the reaction mixture obtained by hydroformylation of 1-decene, andB. di-n-butylamine is used as the catalyst,C. the molar ratio of catalyst to undecanal is 0.025 to 0.050 to 1,D. the reaction is carried out at 90.degree. to 100.degree. C., andE. the 2-methylene-undecanal formed is then converted by partial hydrogenation into methyl-nonyl-acetaldehyde.
Abstract:
3(4),7(8)-bis(aminomethyl)bicyclo[4.3.0]nonane and a process for its preparation, wherein bicyclo[4.3.0]nona-3,7-diene is reacted with synthesis gas in a homogeneous organic phase in the presence of transition metal compounds of Group VIII of the Periodic Table containing complex-bound organophosphorus compounds, and excess organophosphorus compound, at temperatures of 70 to 160° C. and pressures of 5 to 35 MPa, and the 3(4),7(8)-bisformylbicyclo[4.3.0]nonane thus obtained is reductively aminated.