Abstract: Provided are compositions, processes for making, and processes for using mixed triglycerides as plasticizers. Triglyceride plasticizers can be produced by recovery of linear or branched C4 to C13 aldehydes from a hydroformylation product, oxidation to linear or branched C4 to C13 acids with oxygen and/or air, recovery of the resulting acids, combining the linear or branched C4 to C13 acid with benzoic acid, toluic acid or a combination thereof to form a mixed acid blend, and esterification of the mixed acid blend with glycerol, wherein the total carbon number of the triester groups ranges from 20 to 25 and includes from 1 to 2 aryl groups for greater than or equal to 45 wt % of the plasticizer. Such plasticizers can be phthalate-free and provide outstanding properties including a suitable melting or pour point, glass transition temperature, low volatility, increased compatibility, increased hydrolytic stability, and excellent low temperature properties in a range of polymeric resins.

Abstract: An acid gas absorbent comprising an alkylamino alkyloxy (alcohol) monoalkyl ether and a process for the selective removal Of H2S from gaseous mixtures containing H2S and CO2 using an absorbent solution comprising an alkylamino alkyloxy alcohol monoalkyl ether.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of severely sterically hindered amino-ether alcohols using a catalyst based on the combination of one or more catalytically active metals supported in a dispersed form on one or more ordered mesoporous materials as support.

Abstract: A process for reducing naphthalene concentration in a naphthalene containing aromatic fluid, the process comprises hydrogenating at least a portion of the naphthalene in the presence of a Group VIII metal catalyst at a temperature from 50° C. to 110° C. to form tetrahydronaphthalene.

Abstract: The present invention provides for the simplified, direct synthesis of di-heteroatom containing cyclic organic compounds by forming an aqueous mixture of material of the formula 1 wherein X and Y are heteroatoms which may be the same or different and X is selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and both Y's are the same and are selected from the group consisting of O, S and N, and R1 through R8 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H, C1 to C10 alkyl radicals, C1 to C10 aryl radicals, C1 to C10 alkyl aryl radicals, and z is zero when X and Y are O or S, and z is 1 when X and Y are N, and water at a mole ratio of water to material of formula I in the range of about 10:1 to about 0.001:1 and heating the mixture to a temperature in the range of about 250° C. to about 350° C. under autogeneous pressure for a time of from about 0.5 to 10 hours.