Abstract: 3-Bromobenzaldehydes are prepared by reacting a benzaldehyde having a free 3-position with bromine chloride in the presence of aluminum chloride and a small amount of dibromomethane.

Abstract: A laminated, cylindrical, metal screen or molding element for vacuum perforation of plastic film or sheets, comprising two or more relatively thin cylindrical metal screens, each having a predetermined inside and outside diameter and each having a plurality of openings or holes therein of a predetermined size and geometrical shape, and said relatively thin screens stacked and bonded together, diametrically one inside the other thereby providing a screen of a desired thickness and a desired hole geometry wherein the holes in the screen have substantially straight walls perpendicular to the surface of the screen.A method of producing a relatively thick cylindrical metal screen for vacuum perforation of plastic film or sheets wherein the holes or openings in the screen have substantially straight walls perpendicular to the surface of the screen, comprising stacking and bonding together two or more matched relatively thin metal screens diametrically one inside the other.

Abstract: 2,6-Dihydrocarbyl-4-(nitroaryl)phenols are prepared by reacting (1) a nitroaromatic compound bearing a displaceable substituent selected from nitro and phenylsulfonyl on a ring carbon which is adjacent to, or separated by two ring atoms from, the ring carbon bearing the nitro substituent with (2) a 2,6-dihydrocarbylphenol selected from 2,6-di-t-butyl- , 2,6-di-t-amyl-, 2-t-butyl-6-isopropyl-, and 2,6-diphenylphenols having a replaceable hydrogen in the 4-position in an inert solvent and in the presence of a strong base. The preferred nitroaromatic compounds are 1,2- and 1,4-dinitrobenzenes, 1-nitro-2-phenylsulfonylbenzenes, and 1-nitro-4-phenylsulfonylbenzenes; and a preferred phenol is 2,6-di-t-butylphenol.

Abstract: Catalytic process for the production of mercaptans by contacting unsaturated hydrocarbons with hydrogen sulfide in the presence of a sulfonic acid cation exchange resin catalyst.

Abstract: Halonitroarylacetic acid esters are prepared by reacting a halonitroaromatic compound with an alpha,alpha-disubstituted acetic acid ester in an inert solvent and in the presence of a base. The halonitroarylacetic acid esters formed by the process can be readily converted into derivatives, such as pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: An alpha-arylacrylonitrile is prepared by reacting an aryl ketone having a removable hydrogen alpha to the carbonyl group with a cyanide ion source which is free of radicals that would stabilize a cyanohydrin corresponding to the aryl ketone and with a Lewis acid in the presence of an activating amount of water and/or HCl and preferably in the presence of a solvent. In a preferred embodiment, the aryl ketone is a tetralone, the cyanide ion source is sodium cyanide, the Lewis acid is aluminum chloride, and the product is a 1-cyano-3,4-dihydronaphthalene.

Abstract: Residual alkali metal salt (e.g. NaCl) is removed from an alkali metal alkoxide and/or aryloxide-polyphosphonitrilic halide reaction product by neutralizing the reaction solution with acid and water extracting the salt using a lower water-soluble alcohol (isopropanol) to effect rapid phase separation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a crystalline synthetic faujasite of the zeolite Y type wherein a relatively small amount of a zeolite Y seed is thoroughly mixed with sodium silicate at ambient temperature to form an activated sodium silicate system and to such activated system, sodium aluminate is added at ambient temperature. The mixture is then heated and reacted with stirring until the desired cyrstalline product is formed. Zeolite Y is filtered out and then dried.

Abstract: A process for making an alkali metal alkoxide (e.g. sodium alkoxide) of a halogen-substituted alcohol (e.g. fluorine-substituted alcohols) by dispersing an alkali metal (e.g. sodium) in a cycloalkane (e.g. cyclohexane) and adding the resultant dispersion to an ether (e.g. THF) solution of a halogen-substituted alcohol. The resultant alkali metal haloalkoxide solution can be reacted with a phosphonitrilic chloride polymer to introduce haloalkoxide substituents.

Abstract: Polyphosphazenes containing 20-80 mole percent phenoxy, 20-80 mole percent alkylphenoxy and 2-30 mole percent alkoxy substituents possess low glass transition temperature while still exhibiting good smoke values in standard tests.

Abstract: A one-piece plastic cylindrical closure for a container that is useful as a measuring cup. The closure has an integral internal skirt member projecting into the neck of the container which functions as a self-draining member to return residual liquid remaining in the closure to the container and to prevent this liquid from reaching the threaded exterior neck portion of the container.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of alkyl 1,4-dimethyl-3-ethoxycarbonylpyrrole-2-acetate compounds by reacting a diloweralkyl acetone dicarboxylate, a chloromethyl lower alkyl ketone and an aqueous loweralkylamine in the presence of an added organic hydrocarbyl aromatic compound as co-solvent.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of alkyl 1,4-dimethyl-3-ethoxycarbonylpyrrole-2-acetate compounds by reacting a diloweralkyl acetone dicarboxylate, a chloromethyl lower alkyl ketone and an aqueous loweralkylamine in the presence of an added organic brominated or chlorinated hydrocarbon co-solvent.

Abstract: Haze-free reactive flame retardant halo polyols are made by reacting (a) a halogen containing cyclic acid anhydride (e.g. tetrabromophthalic anhydride), (b) an aliphatic polyol, e.g. diethylene glycol, and (c) an epoxide, e.g. propylene oxide, and including potassium salt of fatty acids (e.g. potassium acetate) in the reaction mixture in an amount at least sufficient to neutralize residual sulfuric acid that is usually present in the halogen containing cyclic acid anhydride.

Abstract: A reactive fire retardant mixture useful in the preparation of polyurethane foams. The mixture contains a halogenated imide-containing polyol having the formula: ##STR1## and the corresponding ether having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having the valance n+2 and is selected from the group consisting of benzene groups, naphthalene groups and alicyclic hydrocarbon groups containing 5 to 10 carbon atoms, R' is an aliphatic hydrocarbon group containing 3-12 carbon atoms, X is selected from the group consisting of bromine and chlorine, n is an integer from 1-6 and p is an integer from 2-6. They are prepared by reacting an alcohol (e.g. isopropyl alcohol), a halogenated dicarboxylic anhydride (e.g. tetrabromophthalic anhydride) and an aminopolyol (e.g. 2-amino-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol).

Abstract: A sulfurized olefin of improved solubility in lubricating oil is made by reacting sulfur monochloride with a monoolefin (e.g. isobutylene) to form an adduct which is reacted with sodium sulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, sulfur and alkyl mercaptan (e.g. tert-butyl mercaptan) in an aqueous alcohol reaction medium.

Abstract: A process for the production of alkali metal aluminum tetrahydrides from its elements by pressure hydrogenation, particularly characterized by production in the presence of an aluminate catalyst formed from NaAlCl.sub.4. The process is preferably carried out on a semi-continuous basis in which the active aluminum-containing heel is carried through to successive batches.

Abstract: Spiro[5.5]undeca-1,4,8-trien-3-ones are prepared by heating a reaction mixture consisting essentially of a 4-aminomethylphenol, a conjugated diene, and an inert solvent at a temperature of at least about 190.degree. C.

Abstract: Spiro[5.5]undeca-1,4,8-trien-3-ones are prepared by reacting a phenol having a free p-position with formaldehyde, a nitrogen compound selected from ammonia and primary and secondary amines, and a conjugated diene in an inert solvent at a temperature of at least about 190.degree. C.

Abstract: One or more aldehydes or ketones, or both, are produced by pyrolyzing an alcohol having at least two carbon atoms or an aldehyde having at least two carbon atoms, or both, over a Group VIII metal oxide catalyst, preferably a catalyst composed predominantly of iron oxide, notably ferric oxide. Preferably, the catalyst additionally contains a minor proportion of a Group IV-A metal oxide, most preferably germanium dioxide. The process provides a good yield of lower molecular weight aldehydes, such as formaldehyde, or higher molecular weight ketones, such as acetone, 2-pentanone and the like. Selective manufacture of products enriched either in aldehyde or in ketone can be achieved by a simple adjustment in the reaction conditions employed.