Abstract:
Described is a method of treating wood using compositions comprising an organic solution (non-aqueous solution) of one or more lanthanide derivatives. Also described is a composition comprising wood and lanthanides or lanthanide derivatives. In one embodiment, the treatment occurs under vacuum.
Abstract:
A process is provided for preparing ceric alkoxides, which comprises reacting ceric ammonium nitrate with an alcohol, including a lower aliphatic alcohol, under anhydrous conditions in the presence of an anhydrous base at a temperature within the range from about -30.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. but preferably from 0.degree. to about 150.degree. C. until ceric alkoxide and the nitrate salt of the base are formed; ceric alkoxides of higher alcohols can be prepared by transetherification of the resulting ceric alkoxide with the higher alcohol, either simultaneously or sequentially, at a temperature within the range from about -30.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C., thereby displacing the lower aliphatic alcohol and forming the ceric alkoxide of the higher alcohol, while distilling off free lower aliphatic alcohol in the course of the transetherification, to drive it towards completion; the nitrates formed during the reaction can be separated from the reaction mixture and the alkoxides isolated pure or as complexes with the alcohol, or in some cases the alkoxides can be used without separation from the reaction mixture in the presence of the nitrates.
Abstract:
Described is a wood composition and a method for its preparation by treating wood with a first aqueous solution comprising one or more lanthanide derivatives, optionally rinsing with water and finally treating the wood with a second aqueous solution comprising one or more bases or one or more acid salts thereby precipitating a water-insoluble lanthanide complex within the wood. In addition, the method may be practiced by reversing the order of the treatment steps.
Abstract:
A procedure for preparing anhydrous cerous nitrate ammonium nitrate complex comprising treating dried anhydrous ceric hexanitro ammonium complex (ceric ammonium nitrate) with a reducing agent such as ammonia whereby Ce.sup.+4 is reduced to Ce.sup.+3 under anhydrous conditions. The resulting Ce.sup.+3 species, a complex of Ce.sup.+3 nitrate and ammonia nitrate, can be used as a source of anhydrous Ce.sup.+3 ions.
Abstract:
A process is provided for preparing tricyclopentadienyl cerium as well as the mono and dicyclopentadienyl cerium intermediates which comprises slowly adding alkali metal cyclopentadienide to a solution of ceric ammonium nitrate, forming, in sequence, and stepwise, monocyclopentadienyl cerium dinitrate, dicyclopentadienyl cerium mononitrate, and tricyclopentadienyl cerium.
Abstract:
A process is provided for the preparation of p-hydroxy-benzyl-nitriles starting from the corresponding p-hydroxy-benzaldehyde, first reducing the p-hydroxy-benzaldehyde to the p-hydroxy-benzyl amine, a primary amine, with hydrogen in the presence of aqueous ammonia, preferably with the addition of small amounts of lower alkyl alcohol; and Raney nickel catalyst at low pressure; and then converting the amine to the p-hydroxy-benzyl-nitrile by reaction with sodium cyanide at elevated temperature; the first stage, the reduction, is applicable also to o- and m-hydroxy benzaldehydes.
Abstract:
A process is provided for the selective hydrogenation of the keto group of selected nonconjugated ketones in the presence of chromium-promoted Raney nickel, a strong base selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides and alcoholates, and methanol or ethanol, with, preferably, a small amount of water, and a small amount of nitrogen base, such as ammonia or an amine.
Abstract:
Ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides are provided, as well as a process for preparing them, which comprises reacting ceric ammonium nitrate with a hydrocarbyl silanol, including a lower aliphatic silanol, under anhydrous conditions in the presence of an anhydrous base at a temperature within the range from about -30.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. but preferably from 0.degree. to about 150.degree. C. until ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxide and the nitrate salt of the base are formed; the nitrates formed during the reaction can be separated from the reaction mixture and the ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides isolated pure or as complexes with the solvent, or in some cases the ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides can be used without separation from the reaction mixture in the presence of the nitrates.
Abstract:
Alkoxy-type derivative compounds are a process for preparing alkoxy-type derivatives of trivalent Group 3b metals, e.g., cerium (III), such as alkoxides, siloxides or alkanolatoamines from an anhydrous complex of trivalent Group 3b metals, e.g. cerium ammonium nitrate complex, in the presence of an alcohol, silanol or alkanolamine and a base or by employing the complex and alkali salts of the alcohol, silanol, or alkanolamine.
Abstract:
Ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides are provided, as well as a process for preparing them, which comprises reacting ceric ammonium nitrate with a hydrocarbyl silanol, including a lower aliphatic silanol, under anhydrous conditions in the presence of an anhydrous base at a temperature within the range from about -30.degree. C. to about 200.degree. C. but preferably from 0.degree. to about 150.degree. C. until ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxide and the nitrate salt of the base are formed; the nitrates formed during the reaction can be separated from the reaction mixture and the ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides isolated pure or as complexes with the solvent, or in some cases the ceric hydrocarbyl silyloxides can be used without separation from the reaction mixture in the presence of the nitrates.