Abstract: Eneynols are prepared from terminal acetylenes and propargylic alcohols using a Cu.sup.+, Ag.sup.+ and/or Au.sup.+ halide catalyst.

Abstract: This invention is a composition suitable for stripping cross-linked photoresist polymer which comprises(a) a lower alkyl monoether of a propylene glycol, or a mixture of lower alkyl monoethers of propylene glycol;(b) a C.sub.2-6 alkanol;(c) an alkanolamine; and(d) a base.

Abstract: Allyl methyl ethers are transetherified with alcohols by use of a catalyst of a solid acid that contains no mercury or cuprous salt catalyst.

Abstract: Homopolymers and copolymers of butylene oxide having a molecular weight of at least about 1 million are employed as drag reducing agents in nonaqueous liquids.

Abstract: The invention is a process for the preparation of an aromatic hydrocarbon with a cyclobutene ring fused to the aromatic hydrocarbon which comprises, dissolving an ortho alkyl halomethyl aromatic hydrocarbon in an inert solvent and pyrolyzing the solution of ortho alkyl halomethyl aromatic hydrocarbon in the inert solvent under conditions such that the ortho alkyl and halomethyl substituents form a cyclobutene ring thereby forming an aromatic hydrocarbon having a fused cyclobutene ring.

Abstract: Multicomponent catalysts comprising copper, a metal selected from the group consisting of vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel and zinc; and phosphate are employed for oxidizing an aromatic carboxylic acid to the corresponding phenol, e.g., benzoic acid to phenol.

Abstract: This invention is a process for cyclizing an ortho-alkenyl arenol, wherein the double bond of the alkenyl moiety is one or two carbons removed from the aromatic ring, with carbon monoxide, wherein the process comprises contacting an ortho-alkenyl arenol with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of a catalyst comprising (1) a rhodium-carbonyl complex and (2) an amine with a pK.sub.a of 6 or greater, arsine, phosphine, stibine or mixture thereof, under conditions such that a lactone-fused aromatic compound is prepared.

Abstract: The invention is a process for the chloromethylation of an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group and a deactivating moiety, which comprises contacting an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group and a deactivating group, with a chloromethyl alkyl ether in the presence of a catalytic amount of ferric chloride or stannic chloride, under conditions such that an aromatic compound, substituted with an alkyl group, a chloromethyl group, and a deactivating group, wherein the alkyl and chloromethyl groups are on adjacent carbon atoms, is prepared.

Abstract: The invention is phosphono-s-triazines corresponding to the formula ##STR1## wherein: X is separately in each occurrence chlorine, bromine, haloalkyl or alkyl;Y is separately in each occurrence hydrogen, chlorine or bromine;R is separately in each occurrence hydrogen, hydrocarbyl, CH.sub.2 Y, CH.sub.2 OH or CH.sub.2 OC(R.sup.1).sub.3 wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl;a is an integer from 0 to 2 inclusive; andb is an integer from 1 to 3 inclusive, with the proviso that the sum of a and b equal 3, and with the further proviso that at least one R is CH.sub.2 OH or CH.sub.2 OC(R.sup.1).sub.3.

Abstract: The invention is a process for preparing a 2-halo-1-alkene comprising contacting a hydrocarbon stream with a hydrogen halide, in the presence of water and an effective amount of a catalyst, at a temperature between about 100.degree. C. and about 400.degree. C., wherein; the hydrocarbon stream comprises a 1,2-diene, a terminal acetylene or mixtures thereof, represented by the formulas CH.sub.2 .dbd.C.dbd.CH--R or CH.tbd.C--CH.sub.2 --R wherein R is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl and may be substituted or unsubstituted; the water is present in an amount of between about 1,000 and 100,000 parts per million by weight; and the catalyst comprises carbon, silica alumina, aluminosilicates, silica gel, silica, silica magnesia, silicalite, group IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB or V metal oxides or rare earth oxides.

Abstract: A silver catalyst comprises a sinter resistant carrier covered with finely ivided particles of a metal, a metal alloy or a partially reduced metal oxide having silver deposited thereon such that the outer surface of the particles consists essentially of monometallic silver. The metals are selected from Re, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Pb and Bi; the metal of the alloy from Re, Ru, Os, Rh, Ir, Pd and Pt; and the oxide from tin dioxide, lead oxide and bismuth oxide. The catalyst is useful in a variety of applications, particularly in the preparation of ethylene oxide.

Abstract: The invention is a selective process for preparing 1,1,1-trichloroethane comprising irradiating a vaporous mixture comprising 1,1-dichloroethane, chlorine and an effective amount of a photocatalyst wherein the photocatalyst is bromine, a compound which liberates bromine in the presence of chlorine, carbon monoxide, nitric oxide or oxygen, with radiation capable of inducing the selective formation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Radiation in the wavelength of between about 250 and 550 nanometers is capable of inducing the selective formation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

Abstract: The invention is a polymeric composition which comprises the reaction product prepared by exposing one or more poly(arylcyclobutenes) which comprise aryl moieties with one or more cyclobutene rings fused to each aryl moiety, wherein the aryl moieties are directly bonded to one another or are connected by a bridging member wherein the bridging member is (1) a polyvalent inorganic radical or (2) a polyvalent organic radical, to temperatures at which the poly(arylcyclobutenes) undergo polymerization.

Abstract: The invention includes novel dicarboxylic acids derived from alkylene or arylene diaminetetraacetec acid corresponding to the formula ##STR1## These dicarboxylic acids derived from alkylene or arylene diaminetetraacetic acid are useful in the preparation of polyamides.Another aspect of the invention is a polymer prepared from between about 1 and 100 mole percent of the diamine salt of the compound represented by formula (I) ##STR2## These polymers are useful in preparing molded articles.

Abstract: The invention bis((aryl)vinyl)benzenes wherein the aryl and benzene moieties may be substituted, and the vinyl carbon alpha to the central benzene ring may be further substituted with an aliphatic group.

Abstract: This invention is a method of removing alkaline catalysts from polyether polyols and polyalkylene carbonate polyols which comprises(a) dissolving a polyether polyol or a polyalkylene carbonate polyol in a polar aprotic solvent;(b) contacting the polyether polyol or polyalkylene carbonate polyol solution with a sufficient amount of an adsorbent which adsorbs alkaline catalysts to adsorb the alkaline catalysts, at a temperature of between about -30.degree. C. and 110.degree. C. under conditions such that the adsorbent adsorbs the alkaline catalysts; and(c) physically separating the adsorbent from the polyol solution.

Abstract: This invention is a process for the preparation of polytriazines comprising contacting aromatic polycyanates in the presence of a catalytic amount of a cobalt salt of a C.sub.6-20 carboxylic acid at a temperature between about 20.degree. C. and about 200.degree. C.

Abstract: Poly(imide)-containing polymers suitable for use in molding or casting applications are formed by polymerization of an anhydride-containing precursor of the formula ##STR1## wherein Y is a divalent hydrocarbon group or a divalent hydrocarbon group containing oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, silicon, phosphorus or halogen atoms;R is phenyl or C.sub.1-10 alkyl; andX is an oligomer or polymer-forming reactive moiety with reactive nitrogen-containing polyfunctional comonomers.

Abstract: This invention is a froth flotation process for beneficiating finely sized mineral matter from a finely sized mineral ore pulp comprising floating the finely sized mineral ore pulp in a frothing aqueous medium comprising a collector and a carrier particle in an effective amount for beneficiating the finely sized mineral matter by flotation, wherein the carrier particles are adapted for selectively floating the finely sized mineral matter. The carrier particles of this invention should have a particle size and a density which are suitable for selectively beneficiating the finely sized mineral ore particles by froth flotation and have a surface treated with a condensation product, or acid derivative of a condensation product, of an alkanolamine with a fatty acid, a fatty acid ester, a dibasic fatty acid or a tribasic fatty acid, in a sufficient amount to render the carrier particle sufficiently hydrophobic to float in the frothing aqueous medium.

Abstract: The invention is a process of concentrating sulfide ores, which comprises subjecting a sulfide ore, in the form of a pulp, to a flotation process in the presence of a flotation collector for the sulfides comprising a 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thione or a 1,3-dithiolane-2-thione.