Abstract: Process for separating anhydrous methanesulfonic acid from a reaction mixture comprising methanesulfonic acid and sulfuric acid by distillation with at least three functional steps and the use of said methanesulfonic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a catalyst made of rhenium oxide supported by cerium oxide, with formula ReOx/CeO2 (I), for catalyzing the deoxydehydration of glycerol to allyl alcohol, the reaction being carried out under heterogeneous conditions in the presence of at least one aliphatic alcohol; and to a method for producing allyl alcohol from glycerol in the presence of the catalyst.

Abstract: A method for preparing a molybdenum-bismuth-based composite metal oxide.

Abstract: A method for preparing 1,2-propanediol involves reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst mixture, containing a phase transfer catalyst and a heteropolytungstate, in a liquid reaction mixture containing an aqueous phase with a maximum apparent pH of 6 and an organic phase. The method then involves separating the reaction mixture into an aqueous phase (Pa) containing 1,2-propanediol and formic acid and an organic phase (Po); recycling at least part of the separated organic phase (Po) to the reaction; contacting at least a part of the separated aqueous phase (Pa) with a palladium catalyst; and recovering 1,2 propanediol from the aqueous phase provided by the contacting. The contacting of at least a part of the separated aqueous phase (Pa) with the palladium catalyst reduces the content of formic acid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isomerization method of a cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (CHDA) and, more specifically, to a method for preparing a trans-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (t-CHDA) from a cis-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid (c-CHDA) by means of catalytic isomerization. Particularly, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for preparing, in high efficiency and high yield and at a low cost, a CHDA having a high t-CHDA content from a CHDA mainly containing c-CHDA, by using an isomerization catalyst containing zirconia and having a BET specific surface area of 50 m2/g or more.

Abstract: A method for the separate extraction of rice bran oil and rice bran wax using supercritical CO2 as extraction medium and including two separation steps involving different predetermined pressure and temperature conditions.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide an alkenyl phosphorus compound. [Means to Solve the Problem] The method for manufacturing an alkenyl phosphorus compound according to the present invention is a method in which a specific phosphorus compound and a specific alkynyl compound are reacted in the presence of a transition metal complex and a Lewis acid, thereby giving an alkenyl phosphorus compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a preparation method of biobased adipic acid. In the method, by using a nickel-based hydrogenation catalyst provided by the present invention, when a substrate concentration is as high as 200 g/L, the reaction of biobased sodium muconate and hydrogen is catalyzed in a batch reactor and a micro packed bed to prepare sodium adipate, and the yield of a target product is close to 100 mol %. Wherein the biobased sodium muconate is biobased sodium muconate obtained by microbial fermentation. The method has the advantages of short reaction path, good economy, and easy large-scale preparation, and lays a solid foundation for the industrialization of green synthesis of the biobased adipic acid.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing polyol esters, especially polyglycerol esters, of 3-oxobutyric acid, as well as the products thus obtained and their use.

Abstract: A borate compound-containing composition soluble in hydrocarbon solvents. A composition containing base A, or a compound having a total carbon number of not less than 8 and represented by the formula (5): wherein R and R? are each independently an optionally substituted C1-30 alkyl group, an optionally substituted C3-15 cycloalkyl group, or an optionally substituted C6-14 aryl group; and a borate compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently a C6-14 aryl group substituted by one or more fluorine atoms or fluoro C1-4 alkyl groups; and [A-H]+ is a base A-derived cation. A method for producing a polymer, by polymerizing at least one kind of monomer selected from the group consisting of olefins and dienes by using the composition A as a cocatalyst.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing acrylic acid, wherein the process comprises a first step and a second step in which a first absorbent is added to a reaction product of a bio-material and cooled to separate a first low-boiling-point material including acetaldehyde (ACHO) and a first high-boiling-point material including acrylic acid (AA). The process is capable of producing high-purity acrylic acid at high yield, and acetaldehyde is produced as by-product along with the reaction product of the bio-material. The process includes separating the acetaldehyde produced as by-product into a high-purity product at high yield.

Abstract: Provided is a process for producing acrylic acid, the process comprising: (step 1) preparing a first aqueous lactic acid solution by diluting a lactic acid raw material with water; (step 2) heat exchanging the first aqueous lactic acid solution to form a vaporized second lactic acid vapor and an unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution; (step 3) including the unvaporized third aqueous lactic acid solution in the aqueous solution of the step 1; and (step 4) supplying and absorbing an absorption liquid to the vaporized second lactic acid vapor to form an absorbed fourth aqueous lactic acid solution and an unabsorbed fifth lactic acid vapor, wherein the absorption liquid is water or an aqueous lactic acid solution.

Abstract: Described herein are C60/70/PS-CB-Abx and nano-C60/70PS compounds, their pharmaceutical compositions, and methods pf photodynamic therapy using the compounds and compositions.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing methanol based on carbon dioxide capture, a method for preparing ethylene glycol and an environment-friendly polyester. The method comprises the following steps: capturing and purifying a byproduct high-concentration carbon dioxide gas flow in a petroleum refining process into high-purity carbon dioxide, and then sequentially performing hydrogenation reaction in three-stage fixed bed reactors to prepare green methanol, wherein a copper-zinc-calcium-magnesium-aluminum hydrogenation catalyst is used in the first-stage and third-stage reactors, and a copper-zirconium-titanium-vanadium deposition hydrogenation catalyst is used in the second-stage reactor. The green methanol can be prepared into ethylene glycol through an MTO process, ethylene oxidation and ethylene oxide hydrolysis.

Abstract: A process for ring hydrogenation of dialkyl terephthalates having C3- to C16-alkyl groups can be performed in a hydrogenation unit composed of two reaction units in series. In the process, a suitable process parameter in relation to the first reaction unit is adjusted so that a certain reaction conversion is achieved.

Abstract: Acrolein is produced by selectively oxidizing allyl alcohol over a first mixed metal oxide catalyst in the presence of oxygen in the vapor phase. The first mixed metal oxide catalyst comprises oxides of molybdenum and bismuth. Acrylic acid is produced by selectively oxidizing the acrolein over a second mixed metal oxide catalyst in the presence of oxygen in the vapor phase. The second mixed metal oxide catalyst has a different composition from the first mixed metal oxide catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to catalytically active material, comprising grains of non-graphitizing carbon with nickel nanoparticles dispersed therein, wherein dp, the average diameter of nickel nanoparticles in the non-graphitizing carbon grains, is in the range of 1 nm to 20 nm, D, the average distance between nickel nanoparticles in the non-graphitizing carbon grains, is in the range of 2 nm to 150 nm, and ?, the combined total mass fraction of metal in the non-graphitizing carbon grains, is in the range of 30 wt % to 70 wt % of the total mass of the non-graphitizing carbon grains, and wherein dp, D and ? conform to the following relation: 4.5 dp/?>D?0.25 dp/?. The present invention, further, relates to a process for the manufacture of material according to the invention, as well as its use as a catalyst.

Abstract: Methods for forming a crystalline form or an amorphous form of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl and thermoplastic resin therefrom. According to one embodiment, a crystal solvate form of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl, which contains in its crystals from 0.3 to 1.2 mol of an organic solvent per 1 mol of 6,6?-diphenyl-2,2?-bis(2-hydroxyethoxy)-1,1?-binaphthyl, where the organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of methanol, toluene, and methyl ethyl ketone.

Abstract: Phenalkylamines and methods of treating mood disorders with phenalkylamines. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions that include phenalkylamines.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to novel derivatives of citronellol and polycitronellol, particularly alkoxylated derivatives of citronellol and polycitronellol, and methods of making them, compositions comprising them, and methods for using them, particularly as surfactants.