Abstract:
A process for supplying deaerated water to a chemical plant that includes a distillation column for separating a reaction effluent comprising water and a product. The process includes inventorying the distillation column with aerated water (water having an oxygen content of greater than 50 ppbw, such as greater than 1 ppmw). The aerated water in the distillation column may then be distilled to produce an oxygen-containing overheads and a bottoms fraction comprising deaerated water. The deaerated water in the bottoms fraction ma be transported to an upstream or a downstream unit operation, and utilizing the deaerated water in the upstream or downstream unit operation. The reaction effluent is fed to the distillation column, transitioning the distillation column from separating oxygen from water to operations for separating the product from the water.
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel halogen compounds, to a method for producing them and to their use for treating plants for protecting them against attack from phytopathogenic microorganisms and insects. The invention also relates to novel intermediate products and to methods for producing the same.
Abstract:
This application relates to 3-substituted and 4-substituted cis-diols. Specifically, there are provided 3-substituted diols of formula (II) and 4-substituted cis-diols having (1S, 2R) and (1R, 2S) absolute configurations of formulae (III) and (IV). Also provided are processes for making such 3- and 4-substituted cis-diols using a reductive fission reaction. The compounds described herein are useful as synthons for the preparation of various compounds including therapeutics, agricultural, polymers and other classes of compounds. In formulae (II, III and IV), R is halogen, CN, aryl, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, O-alkyl, CF3 or NO2.
Abstract:
Process for manufacturing propanediol comprising 1,3-propanediol, wherein chloropropanediol comprising 2-chloro-1,3-propanediol is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst and/or at a temperature higher than 25°C.
Abstract:
A process for producing 1,2-propanediol or optically active isomers thereof from a readily available starting material in high yields at a low cost. The process comprises catalytically hydrogenating a 3-halogeno-1,2-propanediol of general formula (I) in a C2 or higher alcoholic solvent in the presence of an at least equivalent of a base to give 1,2-propanediol of formula (II). In formula (I), X represents a halogen atom.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an efficient method of synthesizing and purifying dianhydrohexitols such as dianhydrogalactitol. In general, as applied to dianhydrogalactitol, the method comprises: (1) reacting dulcitol with a concentrated solution of hydrobromic acid at a temperature of about 80° C to produce dibromogalactitol; (2) reacting the dibromogalactitol with potassium carbonate in t- butanol to produce dianhydrogalactitol; and (3) purifying the dianhydrogalactitol using a slurry of ethyl ether to produce purified dianhydrogalactitol.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an organic lithium zincate as a novel zinc ate complex. Also disclosed are a method for producing such an organic lithium zincate and use of such an organic lithium zincate. Specifically disclosed is t-butyl diethyl lithium zincate represented by the following chemical formula: t-BuEt 2 ZnLi, which is obtained by reacting diethyl zinc with an equivalent amount of a t-butyl lithium solution. This t-butyl diethyl lithium zincate is used for a halogen-zinc exchange reaction with an organic halogen compound.
Abstract:
A process for reducing the level of perfluoroalkanoic acids, perfluoroalkanoic esters, and perfluoroalkyliodides in fluorinated alcohols comprising heating a fluorinated alcohol, or mixtures thereof, containing said acids, esters, or iodides to a temperature of at least 175°C in the presence of water and a base additive is disclosed.
Abstract:
In producing (±)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid or precursor thereof from 2-bromo-6-methoxynaphthalene, use is made of 2-bromo-6-methoxynaphthalene formed by (a) methylating 6-bromo-2-naphthol with methyl chloride in a solvent comprising one or more compounds, RZ, where R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and Z is -OH or -CN provided that if Z is -CN, R is alkyl, and in the presence of a strong base; and (b) recovering and purifying 2-bromo-6-methoxynaphthalene so formed. Preferably, the 6-bromo-2-naphthol is formed by (1) reacting 1,6-dibromo-2-naphthol with hydrogen, in a solvent comprising (a) organic halide in which the halogen has an atomic number of 35 or less or (b) a mixture of water and such organic halide, and in the presence of catalytically effective amounts of (i) a tungsten carbide-based catalyst, and (ii) phase transfer catalyst; and (2) separating 6-bromo-2-naphthol from the organic halide solvent so that the 6-bromo-2-naphthol is substantially free of halogen-containing impurities before use in the above methylation reaction. This technology makes possible reductions in quantities of co-products formed, eliminates need for use of excess iron and/or dimethyl sulfate as reaction components, and makes possible improvements in plant operating efficiency. Precursors of (±)-2-(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)propionic acid formed from such 2-bromo-6-methoxynaphthalene are Grignard reagent of 2-bromo-6-methoxynaphthalene, bis(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)zinc, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylzinc halide, 6-methoxy-2-naphthyllithium, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylcopper (I), bis(6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)cadmium, 6-methoxy-2-naphthylcadmium halide, and 6-methoxy-2-vinylnaphthalene.