Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF BIS(2 - HYDROXYETHYL) TEREPHTHALATE COMPRISING CONTACTING A SOLUTION OF THE TEREPHTHALATE WITH SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE OR BIORANE FOLLOWED BY CRYSTALLIZATION OF THE TEREPHTHALATE FROM SOLUTION.
Abstract:
DISCLOSED HEREIN ARE SEVERAL PROCESSES FOR PURIFYING TEREPHTHALIC ACID (TPA). THE PRIMARY INVENTIVE CONCEPT DISCLOSED HEREIN EXISTS IN THE USE OF A MINOR AMOUNT OF WATER TO SUPPRESS COLOR FORMATION. A SUBSTANTIALLY HOMEGENEOUS ADMIXTURE OF TPA, A SMALL AMOUNT OF WATER, AND PREFERABLY AN AGENT, E.G. ACETIC ACID, TO PROMOTE DESTRUCTION OF 4-CARBOXYBENZALDEHYDE (CBA) IS HEATED TO THE MELTING POINT OF THE ADMIXTURE FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE CONCENTRATION OF CBA TO THE DESIRED LEVEL.
Abstract:
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTON OF BIS-HYDROXYALKYL PHTHALATES BY REACTING AN ALKYLEN OXIDE WITH A BENZENE DICARBOXYLIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST AND IN AN ALKYLSUBSTITUTED DIOXOLENE REACTION MEDIUM. FOR EXAMPLE ETHLENE OXIDE IS REACTED WITH TEREPHTHALIC ACID IN A 2ETHYL, 2-METHYL DIOXOLANE REACTION MEDIUM USING A TERTIARY AMINE CATALYST SO AS TO PRODUCE BIS(2-HYDROXYENTHYL) TEREPHTAHALATE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR TREATING IMPURE BIS-HYDROXYALKYL ESTERS OF BENZENE DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS BY TREATING A HYPOPHOSPHOROUS OR ORTHOPHOSPHOROUS ACID-CONTAINING AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF THE DIESTER WITH A CATALYST OF A GROUP VIII METAL. THIS TREATMENT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES COMPRISED OF HYDROXYALKYL ESTERS OF CARBOXYBENZALDEHYDE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR THE PURIFICATION OF TEREPHTHALIC AND/OR ISOPHTHALIC ACID BY RECRYSTALLIZATION OF THE IMPURE ACID FROM THE SOLVENT IN THE PRESENCE OF A COMPOUND HAVING THE
A FLAME-RTARDANT POLYURETHANE RESIN IS FORMED FROM A MIXTURE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ORGANIC POLYISOCYANATE AND AT LEAST ONE BROMINATED POLYOL ETHER WHICH CAN BE A 2, 3-DIBROMOPROPYL ETHER OF SORBITOL OR A 2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL ETHER HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA: