Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a highly pure alcohol by reducing the aldehyde concentration in the product alcohol efficiently and inexpensively. The invention relates to a process for producing an alcohol including hydrogenating an aldehyde and subjecting the resultant product to distillation/purification, wherein a total amount of oxygen introduced into the distillation/purification step is 0.0034 mol/s or less of oxygen per 1 kg/s of the product alcohol.

Abstract: A process for purifying a phenol derivative selected from alkylphenols having a number average molecular weight of from 200 to 4 000 and Mannich adducts thereof is described, in which the phenol derivative is brought into intimate contact with an extracting agent having a polarity ET(30) of from 57 to 38 kcal/mol, a phase containing the phenol derivative and an extracting agent phase are allowed to separate from one another and the extracting agent phase is removed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for preparing Mannich condensation product sequestering agents or mixtures of Mannich condensation product sequestering agents for use in fuels and lubricating oils.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multistage process for continuous and phosgene-free preparation of cycloaliphatic diisocyanates.

Abstract: A novel process prepares tolterodine, i.e. (R)-N,N-diisopropyl-3-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenyl)-3-phenylpropanamine, in the racemic form, as well as intermediates useful for its preparation. Tolterodine free base may be prepared by reacting diisopropyl-(3-phenyl-3-p-tolyloxy-propyl)-amine and 60% aqueous sulfuric acid for three hours under stirring at room temperature. The reaction mixture is then poured over ice/water and then alkalized with 50% NaOH.

Abstract: A process for preparing 1,3-propanediol comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous mixture of 3-hydroxypropanal, (b) passing said aqueous 3-hydroxypropanal mixture to a hydrogenation zone wherein the hydrogenation zone is comprised of at least two stages wherein the hydrogenation in the first stage is carried out under hydrogenation conditions at a temperature in the range of about 50 to about 130° C. in the presence of a fixed bed or slurry hydrogenation catalyst and wherein an acidic co-catalyst is added or present in at least one of the later stages and the hydrogenation in said later stages is carried out under hydrogenation conditions at a higher temperature than that of the first hydrogenation stage and in the range of about 70 to about 155° C. to form an aqueous solution of 1,3-propanediol; and (c) recovering said 1,3-propanediol.

Abstract: A multistage process for continuous and phosgene-free preparation of cycloaliphatic diisocyanates.

Abstract: A process for preparing xylylenediamine by continuously hydrogenating liquid phthalonitrile over a heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of liquid ammonia in a reactor, in which a portion of the reactor effluent is recycled as a liquid circulation stream continuously to the reactor inlet (circulation mode), in which a stream of a phthalonitrile melt in liquid form is conducted by means of a mixer unit into the circulation stream around the hydrogenation reactor, the phthalonitrile conversion in the reactor on single pass being greater than 99%, and the circulation stream consisting to an extent of greater than 93% by weight of liquid ammonia and xylylenediamine and not comprising any further solvent for phthalonitrile.

Abstract: Poly(ortho-methylphenol) is obtainable at high purities and yields using industrial processes by causing a secondary amine and formaldehyde to react with a polyphenol (first step), and then breaking down the aminomethyl group of the obtained poly(ortho-aminomethyl)phenol by means of hydrogenolysis in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst (second step).

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an optically active compound, in more detail, for producing an optically active compound by asymmetric hydrogenation in a high yield and asymmetric yield. The present invention also provides a catalyst for asymmetric synthesis for the above production method, especially a catalyst for asymmetric hydrogenation, containing a transition metal complex. Further, the present invention provides a new diphosphine compound useful as a ligand of the above transition metal complex and a new transition metal complex containing the above diphosphine compound. The present invention relates to a diphosphine compound represented by the following formula (1): a transition metal complex using the compound, a catalyst for asymmetric synthesis comprising the above transition metal complex and a method for producing an optically active compound using the above catalyst for asymmetric synthesis.

Abstract: A process for cleaving an oxidation product comprising s-butyl benzene hydroperoxide and/or cumene hydroperoxide which reduces the production of non-recoverable by-products from dimethylbenzyl alcohol (DMBA) and ethyl methyl benzyl carbinol (EMBA).

Abstract: A process for continuous phosgene-free preparation of cycloaliphatic diisocyanates.

Abstract: Hexafluoroisobutylene and its higher homologs are easily reacted with SO3 to give fluorosulfates of the formula CH2?C(R)CF2OSO2F, wherein R is a linear branched or cyclic fluoroalkyl group comprised of 1 to 10 carbon atoms and may contain ether oxygen. These compounds react under mild conditions with many nucleophiles to give CH2?C(R)CF2X, where X is derived from the nucleophile. This reaction provides a route to many substituted hexafluoroisobutylenes, which copolymerize easily with other fluoro- and hydrocarbon monomers such as vinylidene fluoride and ethylene.

Abstract: A continuous process for the separation of phenol is disclosed. The process includes (a) feeding a stream of material, produced while preparing bisphenol A by reacting phenol with acetone, into a distillation column containing at least 5 theoretical separation stages, b) distilling-off the phenol as a top product and discharging from the column a bottom product containing secondary components, c) continuously introducing a portion of the bottom product into a dwell-time container operating at process parameters sufficient to cause, in the presence of an acidic catalyst, at least partial isomerization of the secondary components to form an isomerized product and d) introducing the isomerized product to the distillation column. The introducing of the bottom product is at a rate that is more than 30% of the rate of feeding of the stream at temperatures greater than 190° C. and hydrodynamic dwell time of at least 120 minutes.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel perfluoropolyether silanes, compositions containing the novel perfluoropolyether silanes and method of treating substrates, in particular substrates having a hard surface such as ceramics or glass, to render them water, oil, stain, and/or dirt repellent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of phenylacetic acid compounds 2 where R2 is an optionally substituted aryl, R6 is NO2, NH2, alkyl, halogen, or a function group readily derived there from and R4a is hydrogen C1-6 alkyl, tert-butyl or benzyl The compounds of formula 2a are useful intermediates for the preparation of HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: wherein R, R1 and R4 are defined in the specification, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and tautomers thereof, having activity at peripheral cannabinoid receptors, commonly designated the CB2 receptor class. The compounds are useful for therapy, especially in the treatment of pain, inflammation and autoimmune disease.

Abstract: A process is provided for the production of phenol from chlorobenzene. The process comprises a chemical reaction in which chlorobenzene is reacted with an alcohol in the vapor phase to form phenol and the corresponding alkyl chloride. A catalyst is used to promote the reaction. Among the alcohols used are methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol.

Abstract: Disclosed are a proton type ? zeolite in which an acid site showing a desorption peak with a range of ±100° C. with a center of 330° C. exists in a spectrum measured by the ammonia temperature programmed desorption method (NH3-TPD), and an amount of a strong acid site showing a desorption peak of 500° C. or higher is controlled to 2.5 ?mol/g or less, a method for preparing the same, and a process for preparing a phenol compound by oxidizing a benzene compound with a peroxide in the presence of the proton type ? zeolite.

Abstract: The corresponding ?-aminooxy ketone is manufactured with a high yield and a high enantioselectivity. A manufacturing method for an optically active ?-aminooxy ketone derivative expressed by formula (1), wherein a ketone expressed by formula (2) is caused to react with a nitroso compound expressed by formula (3) in the presence of a proline derivative expressed by formula (4). In the formula, R1 and R2 respectively denote an alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group, and R1 and R2 may be linked to form a ring. R3 denotes an aryl, heterocyclic, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl group. A denotes a hydrogen atom, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, acyloxy group or silyloxy group which may have a substituent.