Abstract:
SELECTIVE ADSORPTION OF P-XYLENE FROM A FLUID MIXTURE CONTAINING M-XYLENE CAB BE OBTAINED WITH COPPER-EXCHANGED MOLECULAR SIEVES (CRYSTALLINE ALUMINO-SILICATE ZEOLITES) WHICH HAVE A WATER LOSS ON IGNITION AT 800* C. IN THE RANGE OF 8-20 WT. PERCENT AND PREFERABLY, HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY DEHYDRATED AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE OF 50-300* C. PREFERABLY THE AL/SI RATIO IN THE ZEOLITE FRAMEWORK IS IN THE RANGE OF 0.2-0.65. FOR EXAMPLE, P-XYLENE CAN BE SEPARATED FROM M-XYLENE BY SELECTIVE ADSORPTION AT 100* C. OF THE P-XYLENE ON CUY ZEOLITE WHICH WAS PARTIALLY DEHYDRATED AT 82* C. AND CONTAINED ABOUT 15 WT. PERCENT WATER BY IGNITION ANALYSIS.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-PYRROLIDINONE WHICH COMPRISES REACTING SUCCINONITRILE IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION AND IN THE ABSENCE OF ADDED AMMONIA WITH HYDROGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF A RANEY COBALT CATALYST, AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 250*C. TO ABOUT 300*C. AND AT A HYDROGEN PRESSURE OF FROM ABOUT 2000 TO ABOUT 3500 P.S.I.G.