Abstract:
An indane, tetralin or phenyl alcohol is made by a heterogeneous, fast, exothermic Friedel Craft reaction and the reaction mixture is cooled to a temperature at which substantial by-product formation is avoided by continuously utilizing the heat of reaction to boil solvent from the reaction mixture. The reaction mixture is generally maintained below atmospheric pressure, typically 20 to 100 mm Hg. The process is of particular value for the production of aryl alcohols by reacting an indane or tetralin with ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
Abstract:
An optically active propargyl alcohol derivative of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X=phenyl or thienyl and R=lower alkyl, halogenated methyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl having at least one lower alkyl radical and or halogen atom, is prepared by contacting a racemic modification of l- and d-isomers of the formula (I) with l-brucine in an organic solvent, by separating the resultant deposited diastereomer from a solution containing the resultant other diastereomer in the organic solvent, by decomposing each diastereomer with an aqueous mineral acid solution in the presence of an organic solvent capable of dissolving the corresponding optically active isomer dissociated from the diastereomer and incompatible with water so as to allow the optically active isomer to be dissolved in the water-incompatible organic solvent, and by recovering the optically active isomer from the solution thereof.
Abstract:
Water-soluble polyacetylenic alkali metal salts from monomers and polymers of carboxymethyl urethanes of di-, tetra-, and hexayne diols, or from the corresponding diacids; useful in thermal and irradiation exposure indicators and/or in detection and/or removal of nonalkali metal ions dissolved in aqueous media.
Abstract:
Conversion, e.g. dehydration of aliphatic organic oxygenates having up to about 6 carbon atoms by contact with a crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite, preferably ZSM-5, having a silica to alumina ratio substantially greater than 10, at a temperature of about 70.degree. to 1400.degree. F., depending upon the exact nature of the reactant and product.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to free radical reaction methods in which low molecular weight, C2 to C6, unsaturated organic compounds such as ethylene and/or propylene are reacted with low molecular weight, C1 to C15, preferably C1 to C10 saturated organic compounds to form low molecular weight, linear or branched C3 to C24, preferably C3 to C12 organic compounds. The present invention is based at least in part upon the concept of carrying out the free radical reaction in the presence of a typically low concentrations of the unsaturated reactant(s) in the reaction zone(s). By doing this, chain transfer mechanisms are more favored while chain extension mechanisms are less favored. In some embodiments, principles of the present invention are helpful to create conditions under which chain transfer to form more stable, secondary or tertiary branched radicals is favored over olefin addition via chain extension.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods of use related to metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and/or nanoparticles are generally described. In some embodiments, methods and compositions for the catalytic upgrading of alcohols using MOFs and/or nanoparticles associated with MOFs are generally described. In some embodiments, a catalytic MOF composition is provided, wherein the MOF composition comprises a MOF compound and a plurality of metal catalytic compounds. In some embodiments, an alcohol may be exposed to the MOF composition and/or a plurality of nanoparticles associated with the MOF composition such that the alcohol is converted to a higher order alcohol. Advantageously, in some embodiments, the alcohol conversion occurs at a relatively high turnover frequency and/or with a relatively high selectivity as compared to traditional methods for converting alcohols.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more specifically it concerns a process for the preparation of homoallylic alcohol derivatives as defined in formula (I) via a reaction of alkene of formula (II) with an aldehyde.