Abstract: A process for preparing pure fluoral hydrate or hexafluoroacetone hydrate which comprises reacting a hemiacetal with the formula ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or CF.sub.3, with water in a distillation column, removing respectively the methanol or ethanol produced at the head of the column, and recovering at the bottom of the column the pure hydrate so produced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a continuous catalytic process for the preparation of hexafluoroacetone comprising reacting in a first fluorination step a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and a chlorofluoroacetones recyclate, then in a second fluorination step, a mixture containing the effluent issuing from the first step and fresh hexachlorofluoroacetone, on a catalyst comprising gamma alumina impregnated with chromium sesquioxide Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an amount of 1.5 to 4 atoms of chromium per liter of alumina and activated between 300.degree. C. and 400.degree. C. by means of a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoro-ethane.

Abstract: There is disclosed a continuous catalytic process for the preparation of trifluoroacetaldehyde through fluorination in the gaseous phase of trichloroacetaldehyde in a single reaction zone at a temperature between 230.degree. C. and 260.degree. C., on a catalyst comprising a gamma alumina impregnated by Cr.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an amount of 1.5 to 4 atoms of chromium per liter of alumina and activated at a temperature between 300.degree. C. and 400.degree. C. by a mixture of hydrofluoric acid and 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoro-ethane.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the manufacture of dimethylethylamine comprising reacting gaseous ethanol with a gaseous mixture of hydrogen and dimethylamine in the presence of a hydrogenation/dehydrogenation catalyst comprising copper and chromic oxide alone or admixed with barium oxide, zinc oxide, magnesium oxide, or other oxides, at a temperature of about 180.degree. C. to 240.degree. C. and an absolute pressure of about 1 to 15 bars for a time sufficient to form dimethylethylamine, the molar ratio of dimethylamine/ethanol being about 0.2 to 0.6 and the molar ratio of hydrogen/ethanol being about 3 to 10.

Abstract: A process for obtaining colorless and stable isophorone is characterized by distilling a raw synthesis mixture to remove alkaline agents, acetone, and a major portion of the water which is present, thermally treating the distilled mixture with an acidic ion-exchanging resin, neutralizing the effluent following said thermal treatment with an excess of an alkaline agent, adding water in a volume sufficient to dissolve any salts which may have formed, then again, neutralizing the now alkaline mixture wherein the pH of the resultant mixture is between 6.5 and 7, washing the mixture in water by decantation, and distilling the mixture under reduced pressure.