Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of an amine by single-stage reaction of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -olefin with a compound having an NH.sub.3 group, hydrogen and carbon monoxide, wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of a catalyst, which is present in water in dissolved or suspended form, and the catalyst contains at least two metals from group VIII of the Periodic Table of the Elements in elemental or bonded form.

Abstract: Disclosed and claimed are oxidation reactions involving, as a catalyst, a bis- and/or tris-(.mu.-oxo)-dimanganese complex salt of the formula I[LMn(.mu.-O).sub.a (.mu.-OAc).sub.b MnL].sup.x A.sub.y (I)Ac is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -acyl group,a is 1, 2 or 3,b is 0 when a is 2 or 3 or b is 2 when a is 1,x indicates the number of positive charges and is 2 or 3,A is a singly or doubly negatively charged anion,y is the number of anions A required to balance the positive charges andL is a ligand, such as N,N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-methylamine or N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridyl(methyl)-N-methylamine or N.sub.1 N.sub.1 N.sub.1, N.sup.1 -tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,2-ethylenediamine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic olefins of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein a palladium compound of the formula (IV) ##STR2## is used as a catalyst in the preparation of the compounds of the formula (I).

Abstract: Bleach systems comprising bis- and tris(.mu.-oxo)dimanganese complex salts as catalystBis- and tris(.mu.-oxo)dimanganese complex salts of the formula?LMn(.mu.-O).sub.a (.mu.-OAc).sub.b MnL!.sup.x A.sub.yas catalysts for oxidizing organic compounds, in which formulaAc is a C.sub.2 -C.sub.8 -acyl group,a is 1, 2 or 3,b is 0 if a is 2 or 3 or is 2 if a is 1,x denotes the number of positive charges and is 2 or 3,A is an anion,y is the equivalent amount of anion A required to compensate the positive charges, andL is a ligand, preferably N,N'-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N-methylamine or N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-1,2-ethylenediamineare employed as catalysts in bleach systems for textile material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic acetylenes of the formula (I): Ar--C.tbd.C--R.sup.8a, where Ar is: ##STR1## by reacting haloaromatics or aryl sulfonates of the formula (II): Ar--X, with monosubstituted acetylenes of the formula (III): Ar--C.tbd.C--R.sup.8a, where Ar is defined above and X is bromine, chlorine or OSO.sub.2 R, in the presence of a palladium compound catalyst of the formula (IV): ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy, fluorine, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), N(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CO.sub.2 -alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), OCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), or phenyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, together form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and R.sup.7, R.sup.8 are (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic amines of the formula (I)Ar--NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 (I)in which Ar is ##STR1## and R.sup.3 to R.sup.9 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), acyloxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), OAr, Ar, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, OH, NO.sub.2, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CHO, SO.sub.3 H, SO.sub.2 R, SOR, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), N-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), NHCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), CO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), NHCHO, COAr, CO.sub.2 Ar, CF.sub.3, CONH.sub.2, CHCHCO.sub.2 R, POAr.sub.2, PO-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), 5-ring heteroaryl, 6-ring heteroaryl, Si-alkyl.sub.3 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), where R=alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), aryl(C.sub.5 -C.sub.10) and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: A palladacycle of the formula (I) ##STR1## where: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy, fluorine, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), N(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CO.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, OCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), or phenyl,R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are, independently of one another, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.12)-cyloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylor where R.sup.1, and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, andY is an anion of an inorganic or organic acid.

Abstract: A process for preparing chiral epoxides using chiral manganese triazanonane complexes as oxidation catalysts. These catalysts have the general formula?Mn.sub.u (L).sub.v (OR).sub.w (.mu.O).sub.x (.mu.OAc).sub.y !X.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for recovering the cobalt carbonyl catalyst used, in which a water-soluble cobalt salt is first prepared by addition of acid and this is subsequently precipitated as cobalt hydroxide. This cobalt hydroxide is then reacted with the N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid derivative for whose preparation the cobalt carbonyl catalyst is intended, and the resulting cobalt-containing melt is converted into the cobalt carbonyl catalyst in the presence of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Abstract: The chiral manganese-triazonone complex of the general formula (I) is disclosed:?Mn.sub.u (L).sub.V (OR).sub.W (.mu.-O).sub.X (.mu.OAc).sub.y !X.sub.z(I)The complex is useful industrially to prepare chiral compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by reacting an aromatic nitro compound with carbon monoxide in a solvent mixture comprising water and a water-insoluble organic solvent by means of a catalyst comprising palladium and a water-soluble phosphine under a pressure of from 5 to 300 bar and at a temperature of from 50 to 200.degree. C., and separating the aqueous phase and the organic phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic olefins of the formula (I) ##STR1## by reaction of haloaromatics of the formula (II) ##STR2## with olefins of the formula (III) ##STR3## , wherein a palladium compound of the formula (IV) ##STR4## is used as the catalyst.

Abstract: Process for preparing 3-(p-fluorophenyl)-2-methylpropionic acid and derivatives thereof of the formula (I), ##STR1## in which R is a hydroxy group, a linear or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkoxy group, an aryloxygroup, an amino group or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkylamino group or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-dialkylamino group, bya) converting p-fluoroaniline into the p-fluorophenyldiazonium salt of the formula (II) ##STR2## in which X is the equivalent of an anion of an organic or inorganic acid having a pKa value of less than 7,b) reacting the diazonium salt of the formula (II) with a methacrylic acid derivative of the formula (III) ##STR3## in which R is as defined above in the presence of a palladium catalyst, if desired in the presence of a base and/or a solvent, to give the compounds of the formulae (IV) and (V) in which R is as defined above, ##STR4## and c) hydrogenating the resulting compounds of the formulae (IV) and (V) in the presence of a palladium catalyst with hydrogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds cis-4-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)cinnamonitrile and trans-4-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)cinnamonitrile and to a process for their preparation.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-acylglycine derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## which comprises reacting a carboxylic acid amide with an aldehyde in the presence of a solvent and an acid to give an acylaminomethylol and then carbonylating the acylaminomethylol in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl catalyst.

Abstract: The invention relates to palladium compounds containing as ligands compounds of the formula (I) ##STR1## where Ar is C.sub.6 H.sub.4 SO.sub.3 M, M is hydrogen, ammonium, a monovalent metal or one equivalent of a polyvalent metal and Ph is the phenyl radical and n, m are zero, 1 or 2 and x, y, u, v are zero, 1 or 2.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of 4-fluoroalkoxycinnamonitriles.The invention relates to a process for the preparation of fluoroalkoxycinnamonitriles of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which n is 1 to 8 and m is 1 to 17, where m.ltoreq.2n+1, by reacting 4-fluorobenzaldehyde with a fluoroalkanol of the formula (II)H.sub.2n+1-m F.sub.m C.sub.n O--H (II)in which m and n are as defined above, in the presence of a base and, if appropriate, a solvent, and reacting the resulting 4-fluoroalkoxybenzaldehyde with cyanoacetic acid or an alkyl cyanoacetate in the presence of a base and, if appropriate, a solvent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing biphenyls of the formula (I) ##STR1## where R.sup.1a to R.sup.10a are, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkenyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkynyl, alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), acyloxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), O-phenyl, aryl, heteroaryl, fluorine, chlorine, OH, NO.sub.2, CN, COOH, CHO, SO.sub.3 H, SO.sub.2 R, SOR, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), N-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), C-Hal.sub.3, NHCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), CONH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CON-(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), COO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), CONH.sub.2, CO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), NHCOH, NHCOO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), CO-phenyl, COO-phenyl, CHCHCO.sub.2 -alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), CHCHCO.sub.2 H, PO-phenyl.sub.2, PO-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), by reaction of haloaromatics or aryl sulfonates of the formula (II) ##STR2## with arylboron derivatives of the formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1a to R.sup.

Abstract: Osmium-catalyzed methods of addition to an olefin are discussed. In the method of asymmetric dihydroxylation of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, an oxidant and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric oxyamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, water, a metallochloramine derivative, an osmium-containing compound and, optionally, a tetraalkyl ammonium compound are combined. In the method of asymmetric diamination of the present invention, an olefin, a chiral ligand, an organic solvent, a metallo-chloramine derivative, an amine and an osmium-containing compound are combined. In one embodiment, an olefin, a chiral ligand which is a polymeric dihydroquinidine derivative or a dihydroquinine derivative, acetone, water, a base, an oxidant and osmium tetroxide are combined to effect asymmetric dihydroxylation of the olefin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen or halogen, the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or if two of the radicals X, Y or Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds, by reacting an aryldiazonium salt of the formula ##STR2## in which the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or, if two of the radicals X, Y and Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom and A.sup.(-) is an anion of an acid having a pK.sub.a <7, with a compound of the formula ##STR3## in which R.sup.