Abstract: A stabilized 1,1,1-trichloroethane composition containing, as stabilizer therefor, a mixture consisting of a nitrile, 1,4-dioxane, and nitromethane.

Abstract: In a process of producing an alkyl ester of a substituted or unsubstituted arylacetic acid wherein a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic halogen methyl compound is reacted with carbon monoxide and an alcohol having an alkoxy group the same as that of said ester, the improvement which comprises carrying out said reaction in a basic reaction medium in the presence as catalyst ofA. cobalt salt, metal or metal alloy and a sulfur compound, orB. a metal carbonyl compound.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## WHEREIN: EACH X is chloro or bromoY is methyl or bromon is 0 or 1Each of R and R' is hydrogen or methyl.The compounds are produced by contacting an alkali salt of R'--(CH.dbd.C(R)--COOH with tetrahalogen xylene chloride or xylylene dichloride or pentabromobenzylchloride in a polar solvent. The compounds are useful as comonomers and as cross linking agents in polymerization of unsaturated compounds.

Abstract: Nicotinonitrile is produced from a piperidine having an alkyl substituent in the three position by contact with ammonia, in the absence of molecular oxygen, and in the presence of oxidized vanadia supported on a porous support, containing from 25% to 75%, by weight, of the vanadia, the vanadia having been placed in molten form substantially entirely within the pores of the support, with the support having a surface area greater than 50 m.sup.2 /gm and a porosity greater than 0.4 cc/gm, with the support being either gamma-alumina or silica-alumina.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of .alpha., .alpha.,.alpha.,.alpha.',.alpha.'-pentachloro-o-xylene by the reaction of o-xylene with chlorine in the presence of solvent and under actinic light radiation, characterized in that the reaction is performed at temperatures above 75.degree. up to 140.degree. C with carbon tetrachloride as solvent, with the introduction of chlorine, or in some cases by means of chlorine activated in the gas phase.

Abstract: A flame stabilized molding composition comprising:1. A polyester which is the condensation product of an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, acid halide or ester and an aliphatic diol having more than 2 atoms in the chain, and2. 1,4-bis-(.beta.,.gamma.,.gamma.-trichloroallyl)-2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobenzene of the formula ##STR1## SAID 1,4-BIS-(.beta.,.gamma.,.gamma.-TRICHLOROALLYL)-2,3,5,6-TETRACHLOROBENZENE PRESENT IN SAID MOLDING COMPOSITION IN AN AMOUNT OF 5-30 WEIGHT PERCENT, PREFERABLY 10-25%, BASED UPON THE WEIGHT OF SAID POLYESTER.

Abstract: A piperidine, such as methyl piperidine is converted to the corresponding pyridine by the use of a supported vanadia catalyst. Nicotinonitrile can be produced by conversion of 3-methyl piperidine to 3-methyl pyridine with a supported vanadia catalyst, followed by ammonolysis to nicotinonitrile by the use of a supported vanadia catalyst.

Abstract: Process of preparing a not discolored p-nitrobenzoic acid by oxidation of p-nitrotoluene with oxygen, which comprises contacting the oxygen with the p-nitrotoluene in an acetic acid reaction medium and in the presence of a cobalt-containing and bromine-containing catalyst at a temperature of 80.degree. to 150.degree. C. The cobalt is present as a cobalt salt in the amount of 0.01 to 0.1 moles per mole of p-nitrotoluene, and the amount of acetic acid is 3 to 15 moles per mole p-nitrotoluene.

Abstract: In a process of producing an alkyl ester of a substituted or unsubstituted arylacetic acid wherein a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic halogen methyl compound is reacted with carbon monoxide and an alcohol having an alkoxy group the same as that of said ester, the improvement which comprises carrying out said reaction in a basic reaction medium in the presence as catalyst of:A. cobalt salt, metal or metal alloy and a sulfur compound, orB. a metal carbonyl compound.

Abstract: A stabilized 1,1,1-trichloroethane composition containing, as stabilizer therefor, a mixture consisting of a nitrile, 1,4-dioxane, and nitromethane.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of especially pure 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-chlorophenyl)-propane (dichlordiane, DCD) by the chlorination of 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane in the presence of solvents that are substantially indifferent to chlorine by prior-art methods; then, for purification, the chlorinated bis-phenol is dissolved in halogenated hydrocarbons and/or halogenated hydrocarbon in which are liquid at 20.degree.C which they are readily soluble in the absence of an aqueous phase but in which they are at most only slightly soluble after the addition of water thereto; and the 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-chlorophenyl)-propane, is thereby precipitated from this aqueous solution.