Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a mixture of lower aliphatic alcohols characterized by containing a substantial proportion of aliphatic alcohols having from 2 to 6 carbon atoms by reacting a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen under suitable conditions of temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst comprising molybdenum, a metal from the group consisting of cobalt, iron and nickel, and copper, said catalyst being modified by the addition of a promoter from the class consisting of potassium, cesium and rubidium, said promoter being employed at a concentration ranging from about 1.8 to 13.0 micromoles of said alkali per square meter of surface area of said catalyst.

Abstract: This invention concerns dispersant-VI improvers prepared by reacting a polyamine-derived dispersant with an oxidized ethylene-propylene polymer or ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer. The products thus formed have a dispersancy superior to that obtained by separately blending the reactants in a lubricating oil. Also disclosed are oils containing the present dispersant-VI improvers.

Abstract: Steam dehydrocyclization of paraffinic hydrocarbons to aromatic hydrocarbons is effected in the presence of catalyst, typically a supported rhodium catalyst bearing copper.

Abstract: Steam dehydrocyclization of paraffinic hydrocarbons to aromatic hydrocarbons is effected in the presence of catalyst, typically a supported rhodium catalyst bearing copper.

Abstract: This invention concerns the use of certain polycarboxylic acids and their esters as biodegradable detergents and detergent builders in the laundering of soiled fabrics.

Abstract: 4-nitroisoxazoles are prepared by reacting an alpha-nitroketone with a hydroximyl halide in the presence of a tertiary amine.

Abstract: A method for preparing alkane diamines by initially reacting a vicinal nitroketone with a primary amine hydrochloride thereby forming a nitroalkyliminoalkane or a nitrooximinoalkane and thereafter catalytically hydrogenating the nitroalkylimino- or nitrooximinoalkane to a diamine.

Abstract: This disclosure is concerned with the use of supported platinum halide, Group IVA metal halide catalysts suitable for the hydroformylation of .alpha.-olefin substrates to predominantly linear, straight-chain aldehydes.

Abstract: 3,5-disubstituted-4-nitroisoxazoles are prepared by catalytic condensation and dehydration of an alpha-nitroketone.

Abstract: A method of preparing an omega-nitroalkanoic acid is provided by contacting an ammonium, Group IA or Group IIA metal salt of a nitrocycloalkanone with an acidic mineral acid salt in an aqueous medium.

Abstract: A method of preparing carboxylic acids is provided by contacting an ammonium, Group IA or Group IIA metal salt of a nitroketone in an aqueous medium. The method is preferably undertaken in the presence of an acidic mineral acid salt.

Abstract: Lube oil, characterized by improved properties, may be prepared containing polymers having pendant N-hydrocarbylcarboxamide groups - typically N-(N',N'-dihydrocarbylaminohydrocarbyl) carboxamide groups.

Abstract: Lube oil, characterized by improved properties, may be prepared containing polymers having pendant N-hydrocarbylcarboxamide groups -- typically N-(N',N'-dihydrocarbylaminohydrocarbyl) carboxamide groups.

Abstract: Amino ester products, useful as additives to lubricating oils, may be prepared by reaction of an alpha-nitroketone and a tertiary aminoalcohol.

Abstract: Amino ester products, useful as additives to lubricating oils, may be prepared by reaction of an alpha-nitroketone and a tertiary aminoalcohol.

Abstract: A method for preparing vicinal nitronitrates by simultaneously contacting an alkene with oxygen and dinitrogen tetroxide in the presence of concentrated sulfuric acid. The nitronitrates so formed are useful as fuel additives as well as intermediates in the preparation of surfactants, fuel and lubricant additives, insecticides, fungicides, pharmaceuticals and polymers.

Abstract: A method for preparing omega-aminoalkanoic acids by the steps of (1) nitro-oxidizing a cycloalkene to a cyclic alpha-nitroketone, (2) cleaving and esterifying a cyclic alpha-nitroketone with an alcohol to form an alkyl omega-nitroester, (3) catalytically hydrogenating the nitroester to an aminoester and (4) hydrolyzing the aminoester to an aminoalkanoic acid.