Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting plastic into waxes by cracking. The process comprises the steps of introducing the plastic within a reactor; allowing at least a portion of the plastic to be converted to waxes, the waxes being part of a pyrolysis gas formed within the reactor; and removing a product stream containing said waxes from the reactor. The invention also relates to a mixture of hydrocarbons obtainable by that process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for converting plastic into waxes by catalytic cracking. The process comprises the steps of introducing the plastic and a catalyst within a reactor; allowing at least a portion of the plastic to be converted to waxes, the waxes being part of a pyrolysis gas formed within the reactor; and removing a product stream containing said waxes from the reactor. The invention also relates to a mixture of hydrocarbons obtainable by that process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for continuously converting mixed waste plastic into waxes and liquid fuels by cracking. The process comprises the steps of feeding a mixed waste plastic stream to a cracking reactor where the mixed waste plastic is catalytically cracked in the presence of a catalyst and circulating the catalyst between the cracking reactor and a regenerator where the catalyst received from the cracking reactor is regenerated and heated by burning coke and/or other combustible material deposited on or mixed with the catalyst.

Abstract: A process for purifying an aqueous solution to obtain purified gaseous acrolein by introducing the aqueous solution into a distillation column equipped at its base with at least one boiler and at its top with at least one condenser, withdrawing a liquid mixture essentially containing water at the base of the distillation column, withdrawing a gas essentially containing acrolein and water at the top of the distillation column, cooling the gas mixture withdrawn at the top of the distillation column in the condenser, to a temperature which makes it possible to obtain, on the one hand, an aqueous condensate and, on the other hand, an acrolein-rich gas mixture, and withdrawing the acrolein-rich gas mixture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of hydroxymethylthiobutyric acid by sulphuric hydrolysis of hydroxymethylthiobutyronitrile.

Abstract: The invention concerns an improved method for separating hydroxymethylthiobutyric acid by neutralising hydroxymethylthiobutyronitrile sulphuric hydrolysate, decanting and treating each phase with an organic solvent.

Abstract: A process for the production of an organic phosphorus-containing product, which comprises reacting a phosphorus-containing oxide with an unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a boron-containing compound at a temperature of less than or equal to 50° C.

Abstract: A process, for the preparation of an ester of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid which is substantially in the monomeric form, which process, being capable of industrial application and which comprises reacting 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid with an alcohol in the presence of water and an acid catalyst at a temperature of from 30 to 150° C. wherein the acid is the direct product of the hydrolysis of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile.

Abstract: A process for the production of an organic phosphorus-containing product, which comprises reacting a phosphorus-containing oxide with an unsaturated hydrocarbon in the presence of a boron-containing compound at a temperature of less than or equal to 50° C.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid ester which comprises (a) a first step of reacting 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile with sulphuric acid to produce 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyramide, and (b) a second step of reacting the 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyramide with an alcohol to produce a 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid ester, the two steps being carried out in the same reaction medium.

Abstract: A process, for the preparation of an ester of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid which is substantially in the monomeric form, which process, being capable of industrial application and which comprises reacting 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyric acid with an alcohol in the presence of water and an acid catalyst at a temperature of from 30 to 150° C. wherein the acid is the direct product of the hydrolysis of 2-hydroxy-4-methylthiobutyronitrile.