Abstract: A novel copolymer resin having excellent compatibility with rubber and plastics, stable to air, easily soluble in the hydrocarbon solvents and free of gel, said resin being obtained either (1) by copolymerizing one or more of the monomeric substances selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene and alkyl-substituted compounds thereof and one or more of the substances selected from the hydroxystyrene derivatives, or (2) by copolymerizing one or more of the monomeric substances selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene and alkyl-substituted compounds thereof, one or more of the substances selected from the codimers of cyclopentadiene and/or alkyl-substituted compounds thereof and chain conjugated diolefins having 4 to 5 carbon atoms, and one or more of the substances selected from the hydroxystyrene derivatives. There are also provided compositions comprising said resin and rubber or thermoplastic high-molecular weight substances.

Abstract: In the production of petroleum resins by polymerizing an unsaturated hydrocarbon-containing fraction having a boiling point ranging from -20.degree. to 200.degree. C. at -50.degree. to 100.degree. C., an improvement for producing light-colored clear petroleum resins which comprises using an aluminum chloride/fatty acid ester/aromatic hydrocarbon complex solution.

Abstract: A novel copolymer resin having excellent compatibility with rubber and plastics, stable to air, easily soluble in the hydrocarbon solvents and free of gel, said resin being obtained either (1) by copolymerizing one or more of the monomeric substances selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene and alkyl-substituted compounds thereof and one or more of the substances selected from the hydroxystyrene derivatives, or (2) by copolymerizing one or more of the monomeric substances selected from the group consisting of cyclopentadiene, dicyclopentadiene and alkyl-substituted compounds thereof, one or more of the substances selected from the codimers of cyclopentadiene and/or alkyl-substituted compounds thereof and chain conjugated diolefins having 4 to 5 carbon atoms, and one or more of the substances selected from the hydroxystyrene derivatives. There are also provided compositions comprising said resin and rubber or thermoplastic high-molecular weight substances.

Abstract: A petroleum resin produced by copolymerizing a monomer composition comprising (1) a mixture of 20 to 80 parts by weight of a so-called spent C.sub.4 - or C.sub.5 -fraction obtained by removing most of the dienic constituents from a fraction mainly of four or five carbon atoms formed in petroleum cracking and 80 to 20 parts by weight of styrene and/or a styrene derivative, and (2) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of divinylbenzene for 100 parts by weight of the monomeric constituents contained in said mixture (1), with a catalyst system comprising an organoaluminum compound represented by the general formula AlR.sub.n X.sub.3.sub.-n (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, and n is a positive number from 1 to 2) as main catalyst and an alkyl halide or a hydrogen halide as co-catalyst in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of 0.degree. to 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A novel petroleum resin having not only a relatively low molecular weight but a narrow molecular weight distribution and having excellent characteristics as a tackifier particularly suitable for use in hot-melt adhesives and also suitable for synthetic rubbers, adhesive tapes, sealants, and the like, which resin is obtained by copolymerizing 20 to 80 parts by weight of a so-called spent C.sub.4 - or C.sub.5 -fraction obtained by removing most of the dienic constituents from the fractions mainly of C.sub.4 or C.sub.5 carbon atoms produced by petroleum cracking and 80 to 20 parts by weight of styrene and/or a styrene derivative with a catalyst system comprising an organoaluminum compound represented by the general formula AlRX.sub.2 (wherein R is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and X is a halogen atom) as main catalyst and an alkyl halide or a hydrogen halide as co-catalyst, in a hydrocarbon solvent at a temperature of 0.degree. to 60.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for producing a petroleum resin which comprises polymerizing in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst a C.sub.5 -fraction from cracked naphtha or oil gas, which has been subjected to an adjustment of a weight ratio of acyclic diolefins to monoolefins and a weight ratio of cyclic diolefins to monoolefins to from 0.40 to 0.70 and from 0.07 to 0.35, respectively.

Abstract: A process for preparing 1-tetrahydronaphthalone which comprises oxidizing tetrahydronaphthalene by a liquid phase oxidation with molecular oxygen or a molecular oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a chromium salt of naphthenic acid and an alkyl-substituted pyridine compound.

Abstract: .alpha.-Naphthol is prepared by dehydrogenating .alpha.-Tetralone in the presence of a catalyst comprising (1) platinum or a platinum compound, (2) an alkali metal salt, and (3) a manganese compound and/or a chromium compound supported on a gamma-type alumina carrier. By using such catalyst, the conversion of .alpha.-Tetralone is markedly increased, and the catalyst life is very much prolonged.