Abstract: Process for the preparation of 2,4-hexadiyne-1,6-diol of the formula IHO-CH.sub.2 -CH.sub.2 -C.ident.C-.ident.C-CH.sub.2 -OH (I)by the reaction of diacetylene of the formula IIH-C.ident.C-C.ident.C-H (II)with formaldehyde of the formula IIIH.sub.2 C=O (III),in the presence of a silver catalysts, in which the reaction is carried out in the presence of a polar organic solvent at temperatures ranging from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C. and under pressures ranging from 0.01 to 10 bar.

Abstract: Polyoxyalkylene glycols are prepared by a process in which tetrahydrofuran is polymerized with a total of not more than 95 mol %, based on the amount of tetrahydrofuran used, of one or more comonomers from the group consisting of the cyclic ethers and acetals in the absence of water and in the presence of a monohydric alcohol or of a monocarboxylic acid with the aid of an anhydrous heteropoly acid catalyst, and the polyoxyalkylene glycol is liberated from the resulting polyoxyalkylene glycol monoethers or polyoxyalkylene glycol monoesters by cleavage of the monoether or monoester bond.

Abstract: Polyoxyalkylene glycol monoethers of monohydric alcohols are prepared by a process in which tetrahydrofuran or a mixture of tetrahydrofuran with a total of not more than 95 mol %, based on the amount of tetrahydrofuran used, of one or more comonomers from the group consisting of the cyclic ethers and acetals is polymerised in the absence of water and in the presence of a monohydric alcohol and of an anhydrous heteropoly acid catalyst.

Abstract: Large zeolite and zeolite-like molecular sieve crystals of from 3 to 500 .mu.m are fixed on moldings by a process in which an adhesion promoter is used or the moldings are softened.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 4-methylpyrimidine of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 denotes C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 phenalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 alkylphenyl, NH.sub.2, NHCN, OH, and SH,in which a 1-aminovinyl methyl ketone of the general formula II ##STR2## in which R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 denote C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 phenylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 alkylphenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 hydroxyalkyl or together denote a C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 alkylene chain optionally mono- to tetra-substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl and optionally interrupted by oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, is caused to react with a carboxamide or amidine or a salt thereof of the general formula III ##STR3## in which R.sup.1 has the aforementioned meanings and x stands for oxygen or NH, at temperatures ranging from 20.degree. to 200.degree. C. and pressures ranging from 0.01 to 50 bar.

Abstract: A process for preparing dihydroxyacetone by condensation, catalyzed by a thiazolium ylide, of formaldehyde, wherein the reaction is carried out in a system composed of an aqueous phase and at least one organic liquid phase.

Abstract: Essentially alkali-free borosilicate crystals having a zeolite structure and a size of from 2 to 150 .mu.m, measured over the longitudinal crystallite axis, are prepared by a process in which an SiO.sub.2 -containing mixture of water, a tetraalkylammonium compound, a boron component and ammonia is reacted hydrothermally in the absence of a metal hydroxide or of a metal salt in a molar ratio of ammonia/tetraalkylammonium of from 3:1 to 150:1.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of N-alkenylpyrrolidones of the general formula ##STR1## in which R denotes hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, by the reaction of an N-alkylpyrrolidone of the general formula ##STR2## in which R has the aforementioned meanings, and x and Y stand for OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkoxy or C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkoxycarbonyl, provided that one of the two radicals x and denotes hydrogen, at temperatures ranging from 200.degree. to 600.degree. C. and pressures ranging from 0.1 to 5 bar, wherein the process is carried out in the presence of an acid heterogenous catalyst except for an oxide of a Group IIb, Group IIIb, Group IVb, and Group VIb metal.

Abstract: A silver catalyst containing one or more alkali metals and also tungsten as promotors for the direct oxidation of ethylene with oxygen to form ethylene oxide, on a porous support substantially consisting of .alpha.-aluminum oxide and having a specific surface area (BET) of from 0.3 to 3 m.sup.2 /g, which contains tungsten in a concentration of from 60 to 330 ppmwt, based on the total catalyst, per m.sup.2 of surface area for each gram of supporting material.

Abstract: A process for preparing essentially alkali-free titanium silicate crystals having a zeolite structure, comprises reacting an SiO.sub.2 -containing mixture of water, a tetraalkylammonium compound, a titanium component and ammonia in the absence of a metal hydroxide or salt under hydrothermal conditions in a molar ratio of ammonia/tetraalkylammonium of from 3:1 to 200:1.

Abstract: 1,1'-bis(3-aminopropyl)-2,2'-diimidazole of the formula I ##STR1## is prepared by a novel process in which 2,2'-diimidazole of the formula II ##STR2## is reacted with acrylonitrile of the formula III ##STR3## in the presence of basic catalysts at from 80.degree. to 150.degree. C., and hydrogenation is carried out with excess hydrogen in the presence of ammonia on catalysts which contain cobalt, nickel, ruthenium and/or noble metals at from 40.degree. to 200.degree. C. under from 10 to 200 bar.

Abstract: The average molecular weight of polyoxyalkylene glycols and polyoxyalkylene glycol derivatives is adjusted in the heteropolyacid-catalyzed polymerization of cyclic ethers and/or acetals with ring cleavage in the presence of proton donors by a process in which the amount of the relevant proton donor present in the reaction system is regulated in the course of the reaction by the measurement of the electrical conductivity.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of propane-1,2,3-tricarboxylic acid, tetrahydrofurfurylacetic acid and the C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkyl esters thereof, propane-1,2,3-trimethanol, 3-methyltetrahydrofuran, 3-(2'-hydroxyethyl)tetrahydrofuran, 4-hydroxymethyltetrahydropyran, 2-methyl-.gamma.-butyrolactone and/or 3-methyl-.gamma.-butyrolactone, comprises reacting citric acid or the C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkyl esters thereof on hydrogenation catalysts in non-aqueous solvents at from 50.degree. to 400.degree. C. and at from 1 to 400 bar.

Abstract: Process for preparing amino- and carbamoyl-substituted anthraquinones by Diels-Alder reaction of an N-butadienylcarbamic acid ester of the formula H.sub.2 C.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH--NH--COOR.sup.2, wherein R.sup.2 is alkyl or phenylalkyl, with a 1,4-naphthoquinone or with 1,4-benzoquinone to form a carbamoyl-substituted hydroanthraquinone intermediate and by oxidation of this intermediate with an oxygen-containing gas in a tertiary amine and in the presence of a copper salt to obtain a carbamoyl-substituted anthraquinone product. The Diels-Alder reaction and the oxidation reaction can be carried out as a one-pot synthesis or in separate steps. The carbamic acid ester reactant provides a blocking group represented by --COOR.sup.2, and this blocking group is optionally removed by treatment of the carbamoyl-substituted anthraquinone with an alkaline hydroxide solution.

Abstract: A process for preparing 4-hydroxymethyltetrahydropyran comprises reacting tetrahydrofurans of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.6 -alkyl or --CO--R.sup.2, andR.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 - to C.sub.6 -alkyl,at from 0.degree. to 400.degree. C. and from 0.001 to 400 bar in the presence of acidic catalysts.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 3-aminomethyl-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexylamine from 3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexanone, wherein the following stages are carried out in discrete reaction chambers:a) the 3-cyano-3,5,5-trimethyl-cyclohexanone is reacted in a first reaction chamber with excess ammonia over an acidic metal oxide catalyst at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 150.degree. C. and a pressure of from 15 to 500 bar, andb) in a second reaction chamber, the reaction product from stage a) is hydrogenated with hydrogen at a temperature of from 60.degree. to 150.degree. C. and a pressure of from 50 to 300 bar in the presence of excess ammonia over a catalyst containing cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, and/or some other noble metal, which catalyst optionally contains a basic component or is supported by neutral or basic supporting material.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N,N-dialkylarylamines (I) by reacting arylamines (II) with alcohols (IIIa) or dialkyl ethers (IIIb) in the presence of an oxygen acid of phosphorus or in the presence of an ammonium salt thereof as catalyst, comprises reacting the oxygen acid of phosphorus with an arylamine (IV) before the reaction is commenced. The invention also relates to the regeneration of the catalyst by occasionally interrupting the reaction and treating the catalyst phase at from 100.degree. to 300.degree. C. with steam or water.

Abstract: A process for preparing pyrimidines of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl or phenyl andR.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl or phenyl,entails reacting nitriles of the formula IIR.sup.1 -C.tbd.N (II)where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meaning, with 1,3-diaminopropanes of the formula III ##STR2## where R.sup.2 to R.sup.4 have the abovementioned meanings, in the presence of copper(II) acetate at from 150.degree. to 250.degree. C. to give the tetrahydropyrimidine of the formula IV ##STR3## where R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 have the abovementioned meanings, and dehydrogenating the tetrahydropyrimidine of the formula IV with Raney nickel at from 150.degree. to 300.degree. C. to give the pyrimidine of the formula I.

Abstract: Colored crystalline alumophosphates and/or silicoalumophsophates of the AEL or VFI type useful as dyes, optical elements and as adsorbents have the following X-ray diffraction diagram:______________________________________ Interplanar spacing Relative intensity d(A) I/I.sub.o .times. 100 ______________________________________ 10.91 .+-. 0.1 26 .+-. 10 9.19 .+-. 0.1 41 .+-. 10 6.79 .+-. 0.05 16 .+-. 10 5.57 .+-. 0.05 52 .+-. 10 4.39 .+-. 0.05 39 .+-. 10 4.18 .+-. 0.05 71 .+-. 10 4.09 .+-. 0.05 33 .+-. 10 3.98 .+-. 0.05 57 .+-. 10 3.86 .+-. 0.05 68 .+-. 10 3.81 .+-. 0.05 100 ______________________________________and a composition described by the following formula:a quinizarin.b Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.c P.sub.2 O.sub.5.d SiO.sub.2where a is from 0.05 to 2, b and c are each from 8 to 12, and d is from 0 to 4.

Abstract: A process for preparing .beta.-naphthyl benzyl ether comprises reacting .beta.-naphthol essentially in the absence of water with an alkali metal carbonate or an alkaline earth metal carbonate and benzyl chloride in an inert water-miscible solvent at from 0.degree. to 200.degree. C.