Abstract:
An improvement in a process for converting an unsaturated, acyclic hydrocarbon to a carboxylic acid in which the unsaturated, acyclic hydrocarbon is reacted with oxygen containing a small amount of ozone at a low temperature to obtain an intermediate product in a first stage and the intermediate product is oxidized in a second stage with molecular oxygen at a higher temperature to obtain the desired carboxylic acid, which involves employing a solvent mixture comprising a major amount of a carboxylic acid solvent having a boiling point as high or higher than the highest boiling point of a carboxylic acid formed during the reaction and a minor amount of lower carboxylic acid solvent or a lower alcohol solvent, whereby fogging during the first stage of the process is reduced.
Abstract:
A process for selectively oxidizing the methyl substituent on a benzenoid structure carrying a nuclear methyl substituent and a higher alkyl substituent which involves heating the benzenoid structure with oxygen in the presence of cobaltic ions dissolved in a lower carboxylic acid solvent.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR CONVERTING BUTANE TO ACETIC ACID WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING BUTANE TO REACTION WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN ACETIC ACID IN THE PRESENCE OF A COBALT COMPOUND SOLUBLE IN THE REACTION MIXTURE AND A XYLENE, SUCH AS PARA XYLENE.
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A PROCESS FOR PREPARING NITRO BENZOPHENONES WHICH INVOLVES ADDING NITRIC ACID TO A DIARYLALKANE AND MAINTAINING THE RESULTING MIXTURE AT THE REACTION TEMPERATURE FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO CONVERT THE DIARYLALKANE TO THE CORRESPONDING NITRO BENZOPHENONE.
Abstract:
An improvement in a process for converting an unsaturated, acyclic hydrocarbon to an acid in which the unsaturated, acyclic hydrocarbon is reacted with oxygen containing a small amount of ozone at a low temperature to obtain an intermediate product in a first stage and the intermediate product is oxidized in a second stage with molecular oxygen at a higher temperature to obtain the desired carboxylic acid, which involves heating the intermediate product in the absence of additional oxygen prior to the second stage oxidation, whereby explosive hazards in the second stage are minimized.
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A PROCESS OF OXIDIZING A 1,1-BIS(ALKYLPHENYL)ALKANE TO CONVERT ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS TO CARBOXYLIC ACID SUBSTIUENTS WHICH INVOLVES CONTACTING THE 1,1-BIS(ALKYLPHENYL)ALKANE WITH OXYGEN IN A LOWER CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING COBALT AND A METHYLENIC KETONE.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR OXIDIZING A 1,1-BIS(ALKYLPHENYL)ALKANE, WHEREIN THE ALKANE BRIDGE HAS AT LEAST TWO CARBON ATOMS, TO CONVERT ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS TO CARBOXYLIC ACID SUBSTITUENTS WHICH INVOLVES CONTACTING THE 1,1-BIS-(ALKYPHENYL) ALKANE WITH OXYGEN IN A LOWER CARBOXYLIC ACID CONTAINING COBALT AND AN ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON HAVING FROM THREE TO SIX CARBON ATOMS.