Abstract:
AND OXIMATING THE Alpha -FORMYL SULFIDE TO FORM A 2HYDROCARBYLTHIOALDOXIME OF THE FORMULA
WHEREIN X is defined as above, reacting in an aqueous medium the Alpha -haloaldehyde with a thiol salt of the formula R''''''SM, wherein R'''''' and M are defined as above, to form an Alpha formyl sulfide of the formula
WHEREIN R'' and R'''' are defined as above, to form an Alpha haloaldehyde of the formula
Also, 2-hydrocarbylthioaldoximes are prepared by oximating the above Alpha -formyl sulfides by reaction with a source of hydroxylamine. Additionally, 2-hydrocarbylthioaldoximes are prepared by a process which comprises halogenating an aldehyde having the formula
WHEREIN R'' and R'''' independently are hydrogen, hydrocarbon radicals of 1 to 18 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl, or substituted hydrocarbon radicals of the above group, and X is a halogen selected from the group consisting of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, with a thiol salt of the formula R''''''SM, wherein R'''''' is a hydrocarbon radical of 1 to 18 carbon atoms selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkenyl and aryl or a substituted hydrocarbon radical of the above group; and M is an alkali or alkaline earth metal, thereby forming an Alpha -formyl sulfide of the formula
An Alpha -formyl sulfide is prepared by a process which comprises reacting in an aqueous medium an Alpha -haloaldehyde of the formula
Abstract:
An improved continuous process for preparing cumene hydroperoxide and phenol by the controlled liquid phase air oxidation of cumene in the absence of initiators, catalysts, additives or alkalizing agents. A mixture containing cumene having a purity of at least 99.8 percent, and recycle cumene hydroperoxide which has been purified by washing with aqueous alkali metal hydroxide, followed by water wash, is oxidized in a single or multiple stage system by continuously passing through the mixture a stream of gas containing at least 8 mol percent of oxygen at a rate wherein the ratio of the mols of oxygen supplied per hour to the maximum amount of oxygen consumable per hour exdeeds 0.25 and the exit gas contains from 3-10 percent oxygen; and when oxidation is effected in a mutiple stage system the temperature is maintained stepwise from about 120* to about 80*C. while the concentration of cumene hydroperoxide in the reaction mixture is permitted to increase stepwise from about 8 percent to about 40 percent.