Abstract: Formaldehyde is prepared by dehydrogenating methanol in the substantial absence of oxygen and in the presence of a catalyst which is a zinc-silicon complex oxide obtained by mixing a solution containing a zinc salt of an inorganic or organic acid with a solution containing an inorganic silicate compound, or by adding urea to a solution containing a zinc salt of an inorganic or organic acid and an organic silicate compound, until a precipitate is formed, and subsequently baking the precipitate at at least 500.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved process for producing formaldehyde in a gas-phase reaction wherein the dehydrogenation of methanol is conducted with a catalyst, which is zinc oxide and/or indium oxide or a mixture of silica and one or more of these oxide, to give formaldehyde in a high yield.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a phenol resin modified with a liquid polybutadiene which comprises reacting a polybutadiene having a number average molecular weight of 150 to 5,000 with a phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst to obtain a composition which consists of a polybutadiene-phenol adduct and unreacted phenol, in said polybutadiene-phenol adduct, one molecule of phenol per 3 to 8 butadiene units being added to the polybutadiene, and reacting the composition of a polybutadiene-phenol adduct with a formaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst, said basic catalyst comprising a primary amine of the formula: R--NH.sub.2 wherein R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 mole per 1 mole of the phenol used for the preparation of the composition which is used alone or in combination thereof with other basic compound.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of a resin composition which comprises reacting a polybutadiene having a number average molecular weight of 150 to 10,000 and 1,4-structure of at least 80% by weight with a phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst to obtain a composition which consists of a polybutadiene-phenol adduct and unreacted phenol, in said polybutadiene-phenol adduct, one molecule of phenol per 3 to 8 butadiene units being added to the polybutadiene, and reacting the polybutadiene-phenol adduct composition with a formaldehyde in the presence of a basic catalyst. Said resin composition thus prepared is useful for the preparation of a laminated sheet having excellent curing characteristics, particularly excellent electrical characteristics, punchability and flexibility.

Abstract: The surface of a plastic substrate is effectively vapor plated with a metal by coating said surface with a coating composition comprising the following components dissolved in a solvent prior to the vapor plating: (A) (i) a co-partial hydrolysis product of an organosiloxane compound of the formula: R.sub.n Si(OR').sub.4-n (wherein n is an integer of 1 to 3, R is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms and R' is an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms) and a tetraalkoxysilane, or (ii) a mixture of each partial hydrolysis product of said organosiloxane compound and said tetraalkoxysilane, or (iii) a mixture of said co-partial hydrolysis product (i) and said mixture of each partial hydrolysis product (ii), the amount of the partial hydrolysis product of said tetraalkoxysilane (calculated as SiO.sub.2) being 5 to 100 parts by weight to 100 parts by weight of the partial hydrolysis product of said organosiloxane compound (calculated as R.sub.n SiO.sub.