Abstract: Substituted anthraquinones are obtained by thermal or catalytic dehydrochlorination of the corresponding substituted ortho-benzoylbenzoic acid chloride.They may be used for the production of hydrogen peroxide and the synthesis of dyes.

Abstract: An electrochemical process for the production of benzanthrone by reaction of anthraquinone as, starting material, with glycerol, which process comprises reducing anthraquinone, which may additionally contain electronegative substituents, at the cathode in an electrolytic cell in acid medium, and simultaneously cyclizing the reduced semiquinone form with glycerol to produce the corresponding benzanthrone. The novel process affords numerous advantages compared with chemical reduction methods.

Abstract: An antineoplastic 1,4-bis-substituted-9-10-anthracenedione having the formula ##STR1## wherein W, X, Y and Z are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, OH, NH.sub.2, OCH.sub.3, N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, F, Cl, Br, I, alkyl groups containing from 1-8 carbon atoms, glucosides, phenyl and substituted phenyl, and R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl amino groups containing from 1-8 carbon atoms, alkylaminoalkyl groups containing from 1-8 carbon atoms, substituted alkylamino-alkyl groups containing from 1-8 carbon atoms, and substituted aminoaryl groups.

Abstract: There are described new anthraquinone compounds which, in the form of the free acid, correspond to the formula I ##STR1## wherein the X's independently of one another are each a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is hydrogen or is the same as X, and wherein the phenyl rings a can also be substituted by one or more halogen atoms, the production and use thereof, and also dye solutions containing a solvent mixture consisting of one or more aprotic solvents, at least one glycol and/or glycol ether, and optionally water and further additives, which solutions contain in each case a mixture of two anthraquinone dyes which, in the form of the free acid, correspond to the formulae I and IV ##STR2## wherein the X's independently of one another are each a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, Y is hydrogen or is the same as X, and wherein the phenyl rings a can also be substituted by one or more halogen atoms.

Abstract: Anthraquinone derivatives of the formula ##STR1## or of the tautomeric formula ##STR2## in which A denotes an anthraquinone radical which is free from sulphonic acid groups and is optionally further substituted and which preferably consists of at most 5 fused rings,m denotes an integer, preferably 1 or 2, andR.sub.1 denotes a hydroxyl group or a radical of the formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.2 represents a substituent andn represents 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4,processes for their preparation, their use for pigmenting organic macromolecular substances and the material pigmented in this manner.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of anthraquinone from 1, 4, 4a, 5, 8, 8a, 9a, 10a-octahydroanthraquinone (OHAQ) which comprises contacting OHAQ as a melt with a catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining 1,5-dinitro-anthraquinone of high purity from crude mixtures of dinitro-anthraquinones. Said mixture is treated at a temperature ranging from 150.degree. C. to 200.degree. C. with an ester having a boiling point greater than 150.degree. C. derived from an aliphatic alcohol containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms and a mono- or di-carboxylic acid or phosphoric acid, and then, after possible cooling without the temperature falling below 150.degree. C., separating the insoluble material consisting essentially of 1,5-dinitro-anthraquinone.

Abstract: In processes in which liquid sorbents that are solutions in an aromatic hydrocarbon or halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon of a bimetallic salt complex having the generic formula M.sub.I M.sub.II X.sub.n.Aromatic, wherein M.sub.I is Group I-B metal, M.sub.II is a Group III-A metal, X is halogen, n is the sum of the valences of M.sub.I and M.sub.II, and Aromatic is a monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon or halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon are used to separate complexible ligands from a gas feedstream that comprises an olefin having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, alkylation of the aromatic hydrocarbon or halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon is inhibited by incorporating in the liquid sorbent a small amount of zinc diphenyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for obtaining .alpha.,.alpha.'-dinitro-anthraquinones of high purity from crude mixtures obtained from the dinitration of anthraquinone. Such a mixture is placed in contact with an ester having a boiling point greater than 120.degree. C. derived from a mono- or di-carboxylic acid or phosphoric acid, at a temperature between 20.degree. and 200.degree. C. or more, then, after possible cooling, the insoluble material consisting essentially of the .alpha.,.alpha.'-dinitro-anthraquinones is separated.

Abstract: An additive represented by the following formula: ##STR1## in which R is a hydrocarbon radical having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms and x is a value from 1 to 3, and a corrosion inhibited and detergent fuel composition containing such additive.

Abstract: A process for producing a 2-tertiary-alkyl substituted anthraquinone, characterized by carrying out catalytic oxidation of a diphenylmethane type compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different from each other, and independently hydrogen or tertiary-alkyl having 4 or 5 carbon atoms with the proviso that one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen, and R.sub.3 is alkyl having 1-3 carbon atoms, in vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst containing vanadium and cerium is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for making anthraquinone by the cyclization reaction of orthobenzoylbenzoic acid. The process uses as a catalyst a cation-exchange resin formed from a polymer with a polytetrafluoroethylene backbone and sulfonic-acid sidechains.

Abstract: A process for producing disperse dyes starting with anthraquinone compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which one X is bromine and the other X is methylamine, or with mixtures thereof, which process comprises reacting these compounds with sulfuric acid, optionally containing SO.sub.3, in the presence of boric acid, at a temperature of between 100.degree. and 150.degree. C., to give compounds of the formula II ##STR2## in which one Y is hydroxyl and the other Y is methylamine, and n is 0.5 to 2.0, or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The pumpability of solid fuel-water slurries is improved by incorporation therein of small amounts of ammonia and a surface-active agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to concentrated solutions in organic solvents of special mixtures of 1-4-dialkyl-amino-anthraquinone dyes particularly useful for the coloring of hydrocarbons. The solutions of this invention are particularly useful for the coloring of hydrocarbons obtained by distillation of crude oil such, for example, as petrol kerosene and gas oil. The invention also includes the preparation of the aforementioned concentrated solutions, including direct preparation of the solutions during the synthesis phase of the anthraquinone dyes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to naphthacene derivatives. More particularly, the invention is concerned with a process for the manufacture of hexahydronaphthacene derivatives and with certain of said derivatives per se. The invention is also concerned with novel intermediates occurring in said process and with the preparation thereof.There are presented hexahydronaphthacene derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl or esterified carboxy group or a group of the formula ##STR2## , in which R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 together form an oxo group or a protected oxo group and X represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy or acyloxy group, or--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --OY bin which n stands for 1 or 2 and Y represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or acyl group.Also presented are intermediates and a process to produce the compounds of formula I.

Abstract: Disclosed is a motor fuel comprising a major portion of gasoline-boiling-range compounds and from 0.1 to 49 volume percent di-(t-pentoxy)methane.

Abstract: There are described novel blue 6/7-halogenoanthraquinone compounds or mixtures thereof of the formula I ##STR1## in which X is a halogen atom which is in the 6- or 7-position of the anthraquinone molecule, R.sub.1 is a phenylalkylamino group, and R.sub.2 is the --OH, --NH.sub.2, --NH-alkyl, --NH-phenyl or phenylalkylamino group, and the phenyl groups in R.sub.1 and/or R.sub.2 can be further substituted and can contain a water-solubilizing group, the production thereof and their use as acid dyes or disperse dyes for dyeing and printing of in particular textile materials made from polyamide or polyester.

Abstract: There are described new anthraquinone compounds which, in the form of the free acid, correspond to the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 is a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 4 to 8 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 independently of one another are each a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.4 is hydrogen, an optionally acylated amino group, or a fibre-reactive radical bound by way of an amino group, and R.sub.5 is hydrogen, or a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and also the production thereof by selective desulfonation from an anthraquinonedisulfonic acid; and the use of the new anthraquinone compounds as dyes for dyeing and printing textile materials.

Abstract: In a process for producing an anthraquinone dye intermediate, 1,4-diamino-2,3-dicyanoanthraquinone, by reacting 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid, a salt thereof, 1,4-diaminoanthraquinone-2-cyanoanthraquinone, 1,4-diamino-2,3-disulfonic acid, or a salt thereof with a cyanogenating agent in an aqueous medium, the yield and quality of the product can be improved markedly by carrying out the reaction in the presence of a quaternary ammonium compound, and further, depending upon the starting material used, in the presence or absence of a dehydrogenating agent.