Abstract: The process for activating a catalytic composition for paraffin dehydrogenation containing gallium, alumina, possibly silica and/or one or more alkaline or alkaline-earth metals, comprises thermal activation in air followed by post-activation effected by the following stages:oxidation with air and/or oxygen or a mixture containing oxygen and inert gas;purging with inert gas;reduction with hydrogen or a mixture of hydrogen and an inert or reducing gas.The catalytic composition activated by said process contains gallium, alumina, silica and possibly one or more alkaline or alkaline-earth metals, the alumina being in .delta. or .theta. phase or in .delta.+.theta. or .delta.+.theta.+.alpha. phase mixture.

Abstract: Single-stage process for preparing mixed-substituted enantiomerically pure 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholines of general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different and independently of each other denote a substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.1 to C.sub.24 -alkyl or C.sub.3 to C.sub.24 -alkenyl radical, by reacting 1-0-triphenylmethyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine of the general formula ##STR2## in which T denotes a substituted or unsubstituted triphenylmethyl group and R.sub.2 is as defined above, with a reactive carboxylic acid derivative of the general formulaR.sub.1 --CO--X IIIin which R.sub.

Abstract: Methods for controlling the formation of fouling deposits in petroleum hydrocarbons or petrochemicals during processing at elevated temperatures are disclosed. The methods comprise adding from about 0.5-10,000 ppm of an amine salt of polyalkenylthiophosphonic acid to the desired petrochemical or hydrocarbon.