Abstract: A process of producing an organically modified metal oxide wherein an aqueous slurry of a metal oxide which can be peptized in the presence of an acid is admixed with an aqueous slurry of an oregano silage having the formula RySiX4-y, the mixture of the aqueous slurry and the oregano silage being thermally aged to produce a colloidal metal oxide sol which can be dried to produce a powder which is readily discernible in polar compounds such as alcohols, water and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing metal oxides or metal aquoxides, especially alumina hydrates which can be dispersed in organic solvents, and to sulfonic acid-modified metal oxides or metal aquoxides that can be prepared by this process.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a compound having the general formula: [CpM(ArF)Y]p wherein Cp is a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopentadienyl ligand or cyclopentadienyl-type bulky ligand characterized by one or more open, acylic or fused ring systems comprised of atoms selected from Groups 13-16 of the Periodic Table of Elements and wherein the ligands can include a heteroatom; M is a metal selected from Groups 3-9 of the Periodic Table of Elements; ArF is a fluorinated aryl group; Y is a hydrocarbyl group that can contain a heteroatom; and p is 1 or 2. The invention also contemplates a method of producing the compound and its use in the oligomerization and polymerization of alpha olefins.

Abstract: A composition of matter comprising a compound having the general formula:

Abstract: A process of producing an organically modified metal oxide wherein an aqueous slurry of a metal oxide which can be peptized in the presence of an acid is admixed with an aqueous slurry of an organo silane having the formula RySiX4-y, the mixture of the aqueous slurry and the organo silane being thermally aged to produce a colloidial metal oxide sol which can be dried to produce a powder which is readily dispersible in polar compounds such as alcohols, water and the like.

Abstract: A process for making a modified boehmite alumina comprising reacting at elevated temperatures a boehmite alumina with a compound having the formula: X(SO3M)n wherein X is an organic moiety, M in a monovalent cation, and n is an integer reflecting the number of SO3M groups bonded to said organic moiety to produce a reaction mixture containing modified boehmite alumina and recovering solid, modified boehmite alumina from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: A method for selectively adding chlorine, bromine, or iodine to cobalt dicarbollide anions by means of electrophilic substitution reactions. Halogens are added only to the B10 and B10' positions of the anion. The process involves use of hypohalous acid or N-halosuccinimide or gaseous chlorine in the presence of iron.