Abstract:
HALOALKANES ARE PREPARED BY CONDENSING AN ALKYL HALIDE WITH AN UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON OR A HALOGENATED UNSATURATED HYDROCARBON AT CONDENSATION CONDITIONS IN THE PRESENCE OF A CATALYST COMPRISING A CUPRIC CHLORIDEALUMINUM CHLORIDE COMPLEX.
Abstract:
ORGANIC HALIDES AND ORGANIC ETHERS ARE PREPARED BY TREATING THE CORRESPONDING ALCOHOL WITH A MIXTURE OF TWO METAL HALIDE CATALYSTS AT CONDITIONS WHICH INCLUDE A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 100* TO ABOUT 250* C. AND A PRESSURE RANGING FROM ATMOSPHERIC TO ABOUT 100 ATMOSPHERES.
Abstract:
AROMATIC COMPOUNDS, AND PARTICULARLY AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS, MAY BE ALKYLATED WITH OLEFINIC HYDROCARBONS AT RELATIVELY LOW OPERATING TEMPERATURES BY UTILIZING A CATALYST COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF ZINC CHLORIDE AND A HIGHER VALENCE HALIDE OF A METAL WHICH POSSESSES AT LEAST TWO VALENCES.
Abstract:
Novel compounds comprising poly(polyhalonorbornenylalkyl)benzene as exemplified by 1,4-bis(1,3,4,5,6,7,7-heptachloro-5-norbornen2-ylmethyl)-benzene are prepared by reacting an aromatic hydrocarbon containing at least two alkyl substituents with 1,2dichloroethylene and thereafter reacting the resultant product with a polyhalo-substituted cycloalkadiene to form the desired compound. These compounds are useful for imparting flame retardant characteristics when admixed with a polymeric substance.
Abstract:
The nuclear hydroxylation of a nuclearly substituted aromatic acid is accomplished by treating the acid with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of substantially anhydrous hydrogen fluoride at a temperature in the range of from about -10* to about 100* C.
Abstract:
CHLOROVINYLATION OF ALIPHATIC AND CYCLOALIPHATIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS BY CONDENSATION THEREOF WITH POLYCHLOROOLEFINS. THE PRODUCTS RESULTING THEREFROM ARE USEFUL AS CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF INSECTICIDES, FLAME RETARDANTS AND RESINS.