Abstract: Cyclohexanol is removed from aqueous solutions containing it and aromatic sulfonic acid by extraction using as the extractant a mixture of(a) one or more liquid aliphatic, cyloaliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, halohydrocarbons or ethers which are inert under extraction conditions and(b) one or more phenols.

Abstract: Cyclohexanol is removed from aqueous solutions containing it and aromatic sulfonic acids by extraction with one or more cyclohexyl ethers liquid under extraction conditions and having the formula ##STR1## where R is alkyl of from 1 to 16 catbon atoms, cycloalkyl of from 5 to 8 carbon atoms, aralkyl of from 7 to 10 carbon atoms or phenyl, which may additionally have substituents which are inert under reaction conditions.

Abstract: Cyclohexanol is removed from aqueous solutions containing it and aromatic sulfonic acids, obtained by hydrating cyclohexene in aqueous solutions of aromatic sulfonic acids at elevated temperatures and subsequent removal of excess cyclohexene, by(a) feeding the aqueous solution which contains the cyclohexanol and the aromatic sulfonic acid into the upper third of a first column and from 1 to 50 parts by weight of steam per part by weight of cyclohexanol into the bottom third of the column, withdrawing at the top of the column a vapor which consists essentially of cyclohexanol, cyclohexene and water, and obtaining as a bottom product an aqueous solution of the aromatic sulfonic acid,(b) condensing the vapor which consists essentially of cyclohexanol, cyclohexene and water and(b1) obtaining a cyclohexanol-rich phase and(b2) an aqueous phase,(c) utilizing the aqueous phase (b2) for generating the steam required in stage (a) and any remainder for the hydration of cyclohexene, and(d) distilling off from the cyclohe

Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared by heating a 6-aminocaproic ester in liquid phase in the presence of water to 230.degree.-350.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure in a reaction medium comprising a liquid aromatic hydrocarbon having a boiling point of from 80.degree. to 240.degree. C. which is inert under reaction conditions, and isolating caprolactam from the reaction mixture.

Abstract: Caprolactam is prepared in a process comprising the following steps:(a) reacting the 5-formylvaleric ester with liquid ammonia as reaction medium and hydrogen in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst in liquid phase at from 80.degree. to 140.degree. C. under a hydrogen partial pressure of from 40 to 100 bar,(b) replacing the reaction medium ammonia by an aromatic hydrocarbon having a boiling point of from 80.degree. to 240.degree. C. which is liquid under the reaction conditions,(c) heating the resulting mixture in liquid phase under superatmospheric pressure at 230.degree.-350.degree. C. to form caprolactam, and(d) isolating caprolactam from the resulting reaction mixture.

Abstract: 6-Aminocaproic acid is prepared by(a) reacting a 5-formylvaleric acid ester with water in the presence of an acid agent at 30.degree.-200.degree. C. and(b) reacting the 5-formylvaleric acid thus obtained with excess ammonia and hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a solvent which is inert under the reaction conditions at 50.degree.-150.degree. C. under superatmospheric pressure.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of 1,4-butanediol or tetrahydrofuran or both by the catalytic hydrogenation of maleic anhydride, succinic anhydride, maleic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, or the alkyl esters of these acids at temperatures of from 100.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. and pressures of from 50 bar to 350 bar over a catalyst containing cobalt as the active metal and one or both of the elements copper and phosphorus, if necessary in the presence of an aliphatic alcohol.

Abstract: A combination of a longitudinal side edge of a vehicle with a profiled elastomeric strip that at least partially covers the side edge. The central cross-sectional portions of both the longitudinal side edge and the profiled strip extend linearly or with a slight curvature, while at least one of the side edge portions has longitudinal portions that are irregularly recessed and projecting. The associated side portion of the profiled strip has a cross-sectional contour that in the longitudinal direction respectively changes in opposite directions to a like extent, so that also this side portion of the profiled strip rests continuously against the longitudinal side edge of the vehicle.

Abstract: In an improved process for preparing 4-pentenates by isomerization, where isomeric pentenates are treated at elevated temperatures with zeolites and 4-pentenates are distilled out of the reaction mixture, the improvement comprises using pentenates in mixture with alkanols.

Abstract: Adipic acid is prepared by a process which comprises the following steps:(a) Hydroformylation of a pentenoic ester by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperatures and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl or rhodium carbonyl complex with formation of a mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters,(b) isolation of the 5-formylvaleric ester from the resulting mixture of 5-, 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters, a mixture essentially consisting of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters remaining,(c) dehydrocarbonylation of the mixture consisting essentially of 4- and 3-formylvaleric esters in the presence of one or more elements of subgroup 8 of the Periodic Table at from 50.degree. to 400.degree. C.

Abstract: 3-pentenoates are prepared by isomerization of 2-pentenoates to 3-pentenoates by a process in which the 2-pentenoate is treated with from 0.01 to 0.5 mole of cyclic tertiary amine having a pK.sub.a of >6 per mold of 2-pentenoate at from 50.degree. to 250.degree. C. and the 3-pentenoate is distilled off continuously.

Abstract: Pentenoic esters are prepared by a process in which 4- and/or 3-formylvaleric esters are heated to 50.degree.-400.degree. C. in the presence of a catalyst which contains one or more elements of subgroup VIII of the Periodic Table.

Abstract: 3-Pentenoates are prepared by isomerization of 2-pentenoates to 3-pentenoates by a process in which the 2-pentenoate is treaated with from 0.01 to 0.5 mole of cyclic tertiary amine having a pK.sub.a of >6 per mole of 2-pentenoate at from 50.degree. to 250.degree. C. and the 3-pentenoate is distilled off continuously.

Abstract: 2-Substituted 4-acyloxy-2-butenals of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may be substituted by cycloalphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic radicals, by alkenyl or alkynyl or by hydroxyl, ether, thioether, acetoxy acyl, alkylamino, carboxyl or carbalkoxy, and R.sup.2 is acyloxy, are prepared by reacting a monosubstituted acetaldehyde of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.2 has the abovementioned meaning, with an aldehyde of the general formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meaning, in the presence of a linear or cyclic secondary amine and of an organic acid at from 20.degree. to 100.degree. C.

Abstract: 2(5H)-furanones I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl or aryl, are prepared by heating a 3-formylcarboxylate or 3-formylcarboxylic acid II ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 -alkyl, C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 -aralkyl or aryl, to 100.degree.-450.degree. C. in the presence of an acidic catalyst.

Abstract: 3-pentenoates are prepared from 2-pentenoates by a process in which(a) a 2-pentenoate of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 7 to 10 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, is reacted with a compound of the formula IIR.sup.2 -X-H IIwhere R.sup.2 has the meanings given for R.sup.1 and X is an oxygen or sulfur atom, or with a compound of the formula III ##STR2## where R.sup.3 is hydrogen or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each alkyl of 1 to 12 carbon atoms, cycloakkyl of 5 to 8 carbon atoms, aralkyl of 7 to 10 carbon atoms or aryl of 6 to 10 carbon atoms, and R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together with the nitrogen atom on which they are substituents may form a 5-membered to 7-membered ring which may additionally contain a nitrogen or oxygen atom as a hetero atom, at from 20.degree. to 300.degree. C., in the presence or absence of a basic catalyst, to give a compound of the formula IV ##STR3## where Y is --XR.sup.2 or ##STR4## in which X, R.sup.

Abstract: 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each H or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl and R.sup.3 is not C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkyl when A is COOR.sup.5 and A is COOR.sup.5, .dbd.CHOR.sup.5, in which R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, or CH.sub.2 OR.sup.6, in which R.sup.6 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or is benzyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, alkoxy or halogen, or is formyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkylcarbonyl or benzoyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, alkoxy or halogen, are prepared by eliminating an alcohol from a 2-alkoxytetrahydropyran II ##STR2## where R.sup.7 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 -alkyl and A' is COOR.sup.5, CH(OR.sup.5).sub.2 or CH.sub.2 OR.sup.6, in which R.sup.5 and R.sup.

Abstract: 1,1-Dialkoxy-2-methyl-4,4-diacyloxy-2-butenes having the general structure: ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 represents alkyl substituents having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or both R.sub.1 substituents together represent a single ethylene or propylene substituent, or a single C.sub.1 -C.sub.2 alkyl substituent, and R.sub.2 represents alkyl substituents having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or cycloalkyl substituent having from 5 to 7 carbon atoms, or aromatic substituents (preferably phenyl substituents). These new compounds are useful as building blocks in the synthesis of terpenes and carotenoids.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of esters of tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid of the general formula I, where R.sup.1 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, or aryl group, by treating butyrolactones of the general formula II, where R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an acyl group --CO--R.sup.3, R.sup.3 being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group with from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, with alcohols of the general formula III at temperatures of from 150.degree. C. to 400.degree. C. in the presence of acid catalysts.

Abstract: 1,4-Diacyloxybut-2-enes and 3,4-diacyloxybut-1-enes are converted into one another in the gas phase or liquid phase at from 100.degree. to 350.degree. C. under atmospheric or superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a zeolite as a catalyst.