Abstract: Polyamides are produced from diamines, dinitriles, and water in contact with a two-component catalyst system comprising (1) at least one copper containing compound and (2) at least one oxygen containing compound of phosphorus or sulfur.

Abstract: In the process of hydrocarboxylating an .alpha.-enamide with CO and an organic hydroxyl compound to produce a N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid ester, the improvement comprising using as the organic hydroxyl compound reactant, an organic hydroxyl compound which has a chiral center that is essentially all L or D, thereby producing a reaction mixture having essentially no enantiomeric pairs and containing diastereomeric N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid esters having two chiral centers.

Abstract: A process for making 3-cyanopyridine by the vapor phase catalytic reaction of 2-methylglutaronitrile with molecular oxygen.

Abstract: Nylon-type polyamides are produced from a diamine and a diamide in contact with a catalyst comprising a silicon compound. For example, high quality nylon-6,6 is manufactured by contacting hexamethylenediamine and adipamide in water with silica gel, at an elevated temperature and pressure.

Abstract: Disclosed is the hydrocarboxylation of defined enamides with CO and a compound ROH to make amino acids or amido esters, either of which can be hydrolyzed to .alpha.-amino acids.

Abstract: A compound of the formula ##STR1## useful as an ultraviolet light absorber where each of R and R' has zero to 10 C atoms and no ethylenic or acetylenic unsaturation; R is H or hydrocarbyl; R' is H, hydrocarbyl, or hydrocarbyl substituted with hydrocarbylcarbonylamino, dithydrocarbylcarbonyl)amino, hydrocarbylcarbonyl(hydrocarbyl)amino, formylamino, diformylamino and formyl(hydrocarbyl)amino, hydrocarbyloxy, hydrocarbylthio, formylthio, hydrocarbylcarbonylthio, hydrocarbyloxycarbonyl, hydrocarbyl carboxyl, hydrocarbylamino, dihydrocarbylamino, formyl, 3-indolyl, 3-(1-hydrocarbyl)indolyl, 3-(1-hydrocarbylcarbonyl)indolyl, 3-(1-formyl)indolyl, carbamoyl, hydrocarbylcarbamoyl, dihydrocarbylcarbamoyl, 5-imidazolyl, 5-(3-hydrocarbyl)imidazolyl, 5-(3-hydrocarbylcarbonyl)imidazolyl, or 5-(3-formyl)imidazolyl.

Abstract: A process for the production of a nonaqueous stable emulsion feedstock comprising a rubber, a block copolymer having at least one component miscible with the rubber and at least one component miscible with the monomer, and at least two unsaturated organic monomers capable of free radical polymerization is disclosed. At least one of the monomers must be miscible with the rubber and the mixture of the monomers is substantially a nonsolvent for the rubber. The block copolymer maintains the rubber or rubber-rich particles in emulsified form within the mixture of monomers. In general, the process comprises (1) mixing the rubber, block copolymer and at least a portion of the rubber miscible monomers to form a first nonaqueous solution, (2) mixing the remaining monomers and the remaining portion of the rubber miscible monomers to form a second solution, and (3) combining the two solutions to form the nonaqueous stable emulsion feedstock.

Abstract: Rubber-modified thermoplastic resins are characterized by having a high content of olefinically unsaturated nitriles and good transparency. These thermoplastic resins generally comprise from about 43 to about 75 parts by weight of a monovinyl aromatic monomer, from about 20 to about 40 parts by weight of an olefinically unsaturated nitrile monomer and from about five to about 35 parts by weight of an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride monomer, providing 100 parts of a thermoplastic terpolymer, and from about two to about 30 parts by weight of rubber polymer per 100 parts of the thermoplastic terpolymer. Other resins characterized by having between about 30 to 45 parts by weight of unsaturated dicarboxylic acid anhydride exhibit good heat distortion temperatures.

Abstract: Olefinically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomers containing at least one activated carbon to carbon olefinic double bond and at least one carboxyl group, such as acrylic acid, are polymerized in an organic media in the presence of free radical forming catalysts and at least one oil soluble ionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of:(a) anionic surface active agents of the formula:[(R-R.sub.a ').sub.b -X].sup.- M.sup.+(b) cationic surface active agents of the formula:[(R-R.sub.a ').sub.x NR.sub.y ].sup.+ A.sup.-and(c) amphoteric surface active agents of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrophobic moiety having eight or more carbons,R' is a hydrophilic moiety,R" is each independently hydrogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group or an alkyl/aryl group,X.sup.- is a carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate or phosphate group,M.sup.+ is a water soluble cation,A.sup.

Abstract: Nylon-type polyamides are produced from a diamine and a diamide in contact with a catalyst comprising a phosphorus amide. For example, high quality nylon-6,6 is manufactured by contacting hexamethylenediamine and adipamide in water with a phosphorus amide compound at an elevated temperature and pressure.

Abstract: A first row transition metal catalyzed procedure for the production of adiponitrile from acrylonitrile comprising mixing a first row transition metal salt, acrylonitrile, metallic reducing agent and solvent, heating the solution, and adding a quench solution to the mixture comprising a proton donor material having a 0<pk.sub.a <12 and an organic amide solvent for the proton donor material. Preferably, an organic ligand is added to the solution prior to heating and adding the quench solution.

Abstract: A composition comprising an intimate admixture of (a) 50 to 98 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer having an inherent viscosity of at least 0.4 and (b) 50 to 2 parts by weight of an addition copolymer containing indene and one comonomer selected from acrylonitrile, methyl methacrylate and methacrylonitrile, combined in the polymer structure with indene in the amount of 31.5-70 acrylonitrile, or 37-80 methacrylonitrile, or 46-95 methyl methacrylate, all per 100 parts by weight of indene plus comonomer combined in the polymer structure.

Abstract: A composition comprising an intimate admixture of (a) 50 to 98 parts by weight of a vinyl chloride polymer having an inherent viscosity of at least 0.4, and (b) 50 to 2 parts by weight of an addition terpolymer containing acrylonitrile, indene and a third monomer selected from methyl methacrylate or at least one monomer of the group .alpha.-methylstryene and vinyl aromatics of the formula: ##STR1## where each R is independently selected from Cl, H and a C.sub.1 to C.sub.9 alkyl group and x=1 or 2, combined in the polymer structure such that(1) when the third monomer is methyl methacrylate, the polymer contains in weight percent 2-35 acrylonitrile, 10-67 indene, 5-85 methyl methacrylate, and the moles of acrylonitrile plus methyl methacrylate are equal to or more than the moles of indene,(2) when the third monomer is one of both of .alpha.

Abstract: A composition comprising an intimate admixture of(a) 50 to 98 parts by weight of chlorinated poly(vinyl chloride) and(b) 50 to 2 parts by weight of an addition tetrapolymer containing the following monomers combined in the polymer structure in the following weight percentages:______________________________________ Weight Percent ______________________________________ Acrylonitrile 15-35 Methyl methacrylate 5-45 Indene 5-45 .alpha.-methylstyrene or 5-45 styrene or a mixture of both ______________________________________Where (a) plus (b) total 100 parts by weight, and the total parts by weight of combined indene plus .alpha.-methyl styrene plus styrene in the tetrapolymer (b) is 38-70 parts by weight.

Abstract: Disclosed is the vapor phase cyclodehydration of an aldehyde or ketone over a solid catalyst which comprises phosphoric acid on a solid inorganic oxide support to make indene or a substituted indene according to the equation: ##STR1##

Abstract: Disclosed is combination of an acylase and esterase for selective enzymatic hydrolysis of only the L-isomer of an L and D mixture of .alpha.N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid ester whose alpha carbon atom is chiral to yield a mixture containing L-.alpha.-amino acid and D-.alpha.-N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid ester but essentially no D-.alpha.-amino acid.

Abstract: A fuel slurry consisting of a hydrocarbonaceous solid, oil and water effectively stabilized against settling of the solid by the addition of an aluminate, silicate, aluminosilicate or a combination of these compounds.

Abstract: Water soluble block copolymers having two or more water soluble polymer blocks useful for controlling the viscosity of aqueous media used in enhanced oil recovery techniques are described.

Abstract: Separating phenylalanine from its admixture with phenylalanine ethyl ester by preferential permeation through a sulfonated polystyrene cation exchange resin membrane.

Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of attrition resistant, microspheroidal fluid bed catalysts comprising the mixed oxides of vanadium and phosphorus in which a vanadium phosphorus mixed oxided catalyst precursor is densified, comminuted, formed into fluidizable particles and calcined under fluidization-type conditions. The present invention further provides the attrition resistant fluidizable catalysts prepared by the inventive process, and further provides a process for utilizing such attrition resistant catalysts in the production of maleic anhydride in the vapor phase by the oxidation of 4 carbon atom hydrocarbons.