Abstract: In the preparation of 3-bromo-4-fluorotoluene by reacting 4-fluorotoluene with bromine, the improvement which comprises effecting the bromination in glacial acetic acid in the presence of iodine and iron or an iron salt. As a result the proportion of 3-bromo-4-fluorotoluene relative to its 2-bromo-4-fluorotoluene isomer is markedly increased.

Abstract: A process for the production of methoxyanthraquinones of high purity by reaction of nitroanthraquinones with methanol and alkali, in the presence of alkali-resistant nitrous acid inhibitors.

Abstract: The invention relates to new urea and thiourea compounds as insecticides.The compounds, after having been processed to compositions, can successfully be used to control insects in a dosage from 10 to 5000 g of active substance per hectare.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein: Y is 2,6-dimethylphenyl, 2,5-dimethylphenyl, [5-bromo-2-methylphenyl], or 5-chloro-2-methylphenyl; andX is propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, or isobutyl; or a non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof; possess anti-arrhythmic activity.

Abstract: A method of preparing superbased magnesium sulfonates by dispersing MgO in the preformed low viscosity overbased magnesium sulfonates. The low viscosity overbased magnesium sulfonates is prepared by sulfonating an alkyl benzene with a material containing SO.sub.3, preferably oleum, and reacting the alkyl benzene sulfonate with magnesium oxide in the presence of a low viscosity diluent, such as No. 2 oil or LOPS (low odor paraffin solvent), together with water, alcohol, and CO.sub.2. The newness of the method lies in the steps of preferably positively utilizing oleum which contains a minor amount of sulfuric acid as a promoter and utilizing also a surfactant couple of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.18 fatty acid such as oleic acid and an ethanol amide such as a lauryl diethanol amide, which may be Witcamide 5138; where a ready made sulfonate is used, such as SA697 (Conoco), H.sub.2 SO.sub.4 is utilized. In certain instances the amide may be omitted with satisfactory results occurring by using the acid alone.

Abstract: A novel process for the reduction of durene produced in a methanol to gasoline conversion process is disclosed wherein either the total effluent from said process or a bottoms fraction containing durene is contacted with an isomerization catalyst at elevated temperatures in order to convert said durene.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a process for preparing long-chain hydrocarbon substituted ureas by reacting a long chain fatty acid N-chloramide in isopropanol and/or tertiary butanol with an aliphatic or araliphatic primary or secondary amine in the presence of an alkali or alkaline earth hydroxide at a temperature of from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C. The process of this disclosure is particularly useful in preparing long-chain hydrocarbon substituted ureas wherein one of the aliphatic hydrocarbon substituents contains one or more hydroxyl and/or carboxyl groups, as well as the salts of such substituted ureas.

Abstract: 95-99% pure 4,5-dinitro-1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone which is essentially free from by-products is obtained by "direct nitration" of 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinones or 1,8-dimethoxyanthraquinones if the concentrations of acid are chosen such that, when the nitration reaction and, if appropriate, the saponification reaction have ended, an 80-100% strength sulphuric acid is present, or such a sulphuric acid concentration is established by adding water, and the 4,5-dinitro-1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone which crystallizes out is separated off.

Abstract: An N-acylcarnosine aluminum salt of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a lower alkoxy group-substituted phenyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3 is effective for use as a digestive ulcer-remedying or anti-ulcer agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to new bimetallic cluster compounds of the formulaL.sub.2 M.sub.2 Ru.sub.6 C(CO).sub.16wherein L is RCN, R being C.sub.1 to C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.6 to C.sub.10 aralkyl or phenyl, and M is copper, silver or gold. These compounds are useful as homogeneous catalysts for converting synthesis gas to methanol.

Abstract: An oxidation-reducing reagent for a wet desulfurization process, which comprises (a) one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of salts of substituted anthraquinonesulfonic acids of the general formulas: ##STR1## wherein M stands for a sodium atom, a potassium atom or an ammonium group, and n is an integer of 1 or 2, or (b) a mixture of a salt of anthraquinone-2,7-disulfonic acid and one or more compounds shown by the general formula (I) and/or (II), as well as a process for preparing the compounds of the general formulas (I) and (II).

Abstract: 2-Trifluoromethylalkanesulfonanilides substituted in the para position by alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl groups and agriculturally acceptable salts thereof are useful herbicides and plant growth regulators.

Abstract: To prepare basic dyestuffs of the general formula ##STR1## in which A and B independently of one another represent a hetero-aromatic radical or a radical of the general formula ##STR2## compounds of the general formulaA--CH.sub.2 --BA and B have the abovementioned meaning,are oxidized with oxygen in the presence of a nucleophilic compound of the general formulaD--Hand in the presence of catalytic amounts of benzoquinones substituted by halogen or cyano or of phenanthrenequinones substituted by nitro, and in the presence of catalytic amounts of nitrogen oxides--with the exception of dinitrogen monoxide--or of substances which produce such nitrogen oxides under the reaction conditions.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method and composition for improving the fluidization characteristics and alleviating or inhibiting stickiness in a supported cupric chloride catalyst used as fluid bed catalyst in oxyhydrochlorinations reactions. The method involves the in situ preparation of the supported cupric chloride catalyst by addition of bare support on which no cupric chloride is deposited to the supported cupric chloride catalyst in the fluidized bed, or the use in the bed as the initial charge or as addition to the bed as makeup, of a composition which is a mixture of supported cupric chloride catalyst and bare support. In either event, as the oxyhydrochlorination proceeds, a portion of the cupric chloride on the supported catalyst becomes released therefrom and deposited in situ on the bare support, and stickiness of the cupric chloride containing catalyst particles to one another in the fluid bed is alleviated or inhibited.

Abstract: Alkenyl succinimide or borated alkenyl succinimide dispersants as exemplified by a polyisobutenyl succinic anhydride-alkylene polyamine reaction product are substantially improved in their dispersancy properties in diesel engines by treating such dispersants at elevated temperatures with an oil-soluble strong acid, such as an alkaryl sulfonic acid or a phosphoric acid, such as a dialkyl monoacid phosphate. The treated dispersants are included in conventional lubricating oil formulations.

Abstract: Novel modified lithium aluminum hydride type reducing agents obtained by reacting one equivalent of lithium aluminum hydride with one equivalent of an optically active N-substituted ephedrine of the formula, ##STR1## (wherein R.sub.1 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or benzyl group, and Ph is phenyl group)and two equivalents of an N-substituted aniline of the formula, ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.2 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl group or phenyl group, and Ph is phenyl group).This reducing agent is usable for reducing the organic compounds having a carbonyl group (ketone group or aldehyde group) in their structure into the corresponding alcohols. It is particularly useful as a reducing agent for asymmetrically reducing the unsymmetrical ketones to selectively produce either an alcohol in which the asymmetric carbon atom bonded to the hydroxy group is in R-configuration or an alcohol in which said asymmetric carbon atom is in S-configuration.

Abstract: A process for producing novel 1,4-benzothiazine derivatives (I), ##STR1## (in which X is a halogen atom) and their derivatives, ##STR2## wherein R is a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.6) cycloalkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, phenyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl or phenoxy (C.sub.1 -C.sub.5) alkyl group, and herbicides containing these compounds as an active ingredient.

Abstract: In a process for producing a conjugated diolefin which comprises oxidatively dehydrogenating a monolefin having at least 4 carbon atoms in the vapor phase with molecular oxygen to form the corresponding conjugated diolefin; the improvement wherein the oxidative dehydrogenation is carried out in the presence of a catalyst having the general composition formulaMo.sub.a Bi.sub.b Cr.sub.c Ni.sub.d X.sub.e Y.sub.f O.sub.gwherein X represents at least one element selected from Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Tl and P, Y represents at least one element selected from metal elements of Group II of the periodic table, and a, b, c, d, e, f and g respectively represent the number of Mo, Bi, Cr, Ni, X, Y and O atoms, and when a=12, b=0.05-20, c=0.05-20, d=0.1-30, e=0.01-10, f=0.01-20, and g is the number of oxygen atoms which satisfies the atomic valences of the other elements.

Abstract: This invention is concerned with certain 3-(thiazolidin-2'-yl)-substituted phenyl sulfonyl chlorides which find utility as intermediates in the preparation of photographic image dye-providing materials.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of the mononitro derivatives substituted in positions 5 or 6 of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-anthraquinone, which comprises nitrating 1,2,3,4,4a,9a-hexahydro-9,10-anthracene-dione by means of nitric acid or a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid.