Abstract: Essentially pure and colorless laevulinic acid is produced by heating and ring-opening furfuryl alcohol in the presence of water and a strong non-oxidizing protonic acid, and which includes establishing a reaction medium containing water, the strong protonic acid and a reaction solvent amount of laevulinic acid, and progressively introducing the furfuryl alcohol into such reaction medium.

Abstract: A method of preparing sucroglycerides by transesterification of sucrose and a triglyceride, whereby there is conducted a limited alcoholysis of the triglyceride before reaction with the sucrose. The sucroglycerides obtained have interesting emulsifying properties and can be used to advantage in foodstuffs.

Abstract: The invention relates to enzymatic compositions containing intra-cellular glucose-isomerase which is enclosed in structures based on cellulose ester, their preparation and their use for isomerizing glucose into levulose.In addition to the cellulose ester and micro-organism cells, e.g. Streptomyces phaeochromogenes, these compositions contain a sparingly water-soluble magnesium compound and optionally a sparingly water-soluble cobalt compound.These compositions make it possible to isomerize glucose into levulose in a continuous process, with the addition of either no, or a small amount of magnesium ions to the glucose syrup to be isomerized and without the addition of cobalt ions.

Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation of aryl ketones by catalytic decomposition of tertiary hydroperoxides, in particular for the preparation of acetophenone from cumene hydroperoxide, said process comprising effecting the catalytic decomposition of a tertiary hydroperoxide of the formula: ##STR1## in which Ar represents a monovalent aromatic radical, the free valency of which is carried by a carbon atom belonging to an aromatic ring, and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, which may be identical or different, each represents a monovalent aliphatic radical or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together form a divalent aliphatic radical, in a reaction medium comprising water, an inorganic or organic derivative of copper and a phenol, and at a temperature of from 50.degree. C to 150.degree. C.

Abstract: Acetophenone is made by decomposing cumene hydroperoxide in a mixture of water, a copper catalyst, and .alpha.-methylstyrene or dimethylphenylcarbinol.

Abstract: Aromatic compounds of formula ##SPC1##In which R and R.sup.1 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 - C.sub.4 alkyl are hydroxylated with hydrogen peroxide and a phosphorus compounds, which is a phosphoric acid, ester thereof, halogenophosphoric acid, ester thereof, phosphorus pentoxide, phosphorus halide or oxyhalide, in the absence of acid of pK < -0.1.

Abstract: A process for preparing long-chain alkanedicarboxylic acids is described, starting from cycloalkanone peroxide, by double deperoxidation by means of ferrous ions in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst.

Abstract: Phenols and phenol ethers are hydroxylated with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sulphur, selenium, tellurium, phosphorus, arsenic or antimony. High yields of dihydric materials are obtained by this process which avoids the need to use peracids or very strong acids.