Abstract: Disclosed is a method of separating the meta isomer of a haloalkylbenzene having the general formula from a mixture with at least one other isomer, where X is Cl or Br and R is alkyl from C2 to C12 or cycloalkyl from C3 to C8. About 0.0001 to about 5 wt % of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst is added to the mixture and the mixture is exposed to a brominating agent which preferentially brominates the meta isomer. The mixture is then heated at a temperature above the boiling point of the other isomers but below the boiling point of the brominated meta isomer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of chlorinating the side chains of an aromatic compound having the general formula where each R is independently selected from R′ or OR′, each R′ is independently selected from alkyl from C1 to C6, and n is an integer from 1 to 3. Some of the aromatic compound is incompletely &agr;-chlorinated using about 0.1 to about 0.6 equivalents of chlorine per equivalent of the aromatic compound. The &agr;-chlorinated aromatic compound is separated from unreacted aromatic compound and the &agr;-chlorinated aromatic compound is further chlorinated. The two step chlorination of the aromatic compound reduces ring chlorination.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of making high purity 2,4- and 3,4-dichlorotoluene from parachlorotoluene that contains some metachlorotoluene. About 0.0001 to about 5 wt % of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and about 0.5 to about 10 equivalents of a brominating agent are added to the parachlorotoluene. The metachlorotoluene is brominated, but most of the parachlorotoluene is not brominated. Without separating the brominated products from the unbrominated products, about 0.5 to about 1.5 equivalents of a chlorinating agent are added, whereby only the unbrominated products (i.e., the parachlorotoluene) are chlorinated. The resulting 2,4-dichlorotoluene and 3,4-dichlorotoluene can be separated by distillation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of separating the meta isomer of a halotoluene having the general formula ##STR1## from a mixture with at least one other isomer, where X is Cl or Br. About 0.0001 to about 5 wt % of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst is added to the mixture and the mixture is exposed to a brominating agent which preferentially brominates the meta isomer. The mixture is then heated at a temperature above the boiling point of the other isomers but below the boiling point of the brominated meta isomer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a single phase mixture of about 1 to about 99 wt % of a compound having the general formula ##STR1## where "n" is 1 or 2 and about 0.1 to about 99 wt % of a liquid which can be a perfluoro aliphatic alkane from C.sub.5 to C.sub.8, a perfluoro cycloaliphatic alkane from C.sub.5 to C.sub.8, a perfluoro alkylcycloalkane having 5 to 8 carbon atoms in the ring and 1 or 2 branches of 1 to 3 carbon atoms each, a perfluoro-N-alkylmorpholine from C.sub.5 to C.sub.8, a perfluoro cycloether from C.sub.4 to C.sub.7, or a perfluoro polyether having an average molecular weight from about 400 to about 500.

Abstract: Disclosed is a single phase liquid composition comprising 0.5 to 30 wt % of a benzotrifluoride solvent, about 0.5 to about 50 wt % of a glycol ether cosolvent, up to about 50 wt % of an alkanol, up to about 10 wt % of a surfactant, and the remainder water. The composition is effective in cleaning hard surfaces, stripping paint, and as a carrier.