Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a composition (I) at least comprising cyclododecanone. The process according to the invention for purifying a composition (I) at least comprising cyclododecanone comprises at least step (i) (i) irradiation of the composition (I).

Abstract: Catalyst in the form of an extrudate which comprises from 5 to 85% by weight of copper oxide and in which the same oxidic support material is present in the active composition and as binder, and the use of the catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing a ketone, in particular cyclododecanone, by reacting cyclododecatriene with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecadienone and hydrogenating the resulting cyclododecadienone, in particular to give cyclododecanone.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol by hydrogenating dialkyl adipates, alkyl 6-hydroxycaproates, 1,4-cyclohexanedione and 4-hydroxycyclohexan-1-one as ester mixtures comprising impurities, by a) freeing resulting the esterification mixture of excess alcohol and low boilers in a first distillation stage (alcohol removal), b) carrying out a separation of the bottom product in a second distillation stage into an ester fraction substantially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediols and a fraction comprising at least the majority of the 1,4-cyclohexanediols, c) catalytically hydrogenating the ester fraction substantially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediols (ester hydrogenation) and d) in a purifying distillation stage, obtaining 1,6-hexanediol from the hydrogenation effluent in a manner known per se, which comprises selectively hydrogenating the ester mixture before stage a) and/or before stage b) (purifying hydrogenation).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.

Abstract: A process for preparing cyclododecanone by reacting cyclododecene with dinitrogen monoxide, comprising in particular steps (I) and (II): (I) preparing cyclododecene by partially hydrogenating cyclododecatriene; (II) reacting cyclododecene obtained in (I) with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecanone.

Abstract: A process for variably preparing mixtures of optionally alkyl-substituted BDO, GBL and THF by two-stage hydrogenation in the gas phase of C4 dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof, which comprises a) hydrogenating in a gas phase a gas stream of C4 dicarboxylic acids and/or derivatives thereof over a particular catalyst at a particular pressure and temperature to give a stream mainly containing of optionally alkyl-substituted GBL and THF, b) removing any succinct anhydride, c) converting the products remaining predominantly in the gas phase in the partial condensation, THF, water and GBL to give a stream comprising a mixture of BDO, GBL and THF, d) removing the hydrogen from the products and recycling it into the hydrogenation, e) distillatively separating the products, THF, BDO, GBL and water, if appropriate recycling a GBL-rich stream or if appropriate discharging it, and working up BDO, THF and GBL distillatively, and setting the ratio of the products, THF, GBL and BDO, relative to one another wi

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying 1,4-butynediol, which comprises processing 1,4-butynediol in a dynamic mixing apparatus in an inert gas atmosphere at from 25 to 150° C. at a shear rate in the radial gap between rotor and stator of the mixing apparatus of more than 100 000 sec?1, awaiting phase separation at temperatures of from 25 to 150° C. and separating off the bottom phase, and a process for the hydrogenation of 1,4-butynediol to 1,4-butenediol and 1,4-butanediol using the purified 1,4-butynediol.

Abstract: A biodiesel fuel mixture having a cetane number of >40, comprising a) from 1 to 100% by weight of biodiesel, b) from 0 to 98.9% by weight of diesel oil of fossil origin, c) from 0.1 to 20% by weight of polyoxyalkylene dialkyl ether of the formula RO(CH2O)nR ?in which R is an alkyl group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms and n=from 2 to 10, and d) from 0 to 5% by weight of further additives.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying 1,4-butynediol, which comprises compressing 1,4-butynediol to from 50 to 1500 bar, depressurizing it, waiting for phase separation to occur after depressurization and separating off the bottom phase, and a process for the hydrogenation of 1,4-butynediol to 1,4-butenediol and 1,4-butanediol using the purified 1,4-butynediol.

Abstract: The present invention provides a catalyst comprising a mixture of at least one acid-activated sheet silicate with a transition metal oxide of groups 8 and/or 9 of the Periodic Table of the Elements and also a process for preparing polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahy-drofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers, in which tetrahydrofuran is polymerized in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer over such a catalyst.

Abstract: The present application relates to a process for reacting a composition I comprising at least one aldehyde with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in at least one main reactor and at least one postreactor, wherein at least 50% of the fresh hydrogen fed to the reaction system is fed into at least one postreactor. In a preferred embodiment, composition I comprises at least one further organic compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol by hydrogenating dialkyl adipates, alkyl 6-hydroxycaproates, 1,4-cyclohexanedione and 4-hydroxycyclohexan-1-one as ester mixtures comprising impurities, by a) freeing resulting the esterification mixture of excess alcohol and low boilers in a first distillation stage (alcohol removal), b) carrying out a separation of the bottom product in a second distillation stage into an ester fraction substantially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediols and a fraction comprising at least the majority of the 1,4-cyclohexanediols, c) catalytically hydrogenating the ester fraction substantially free of 1,4-cyclohexanediols (ester hydrogenation) and d) in a purifying distillation stage, obtaining 1,6-hexanediol from the hydrogenation effluent in a manner known per se, which comprises selectively hydrogenating the ester mixture before stage a) and/or before stage b) (purifying hydrogenation).

Abstract: A process is described for preparing diaminodiarylmethanes comprising the steps a) reacting an aromatic amine with a methylene-donating agent in the presence of homogeneous acid catalysts, b) removing the homogeneous acid catalyst from the reaction product, c) working up and purifying the reaction product, which comprises removing the homogeneous acid catalyst from the reaction mixture by adsorption to a solid adsorbent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of controlling a hydrogenation of a starting material in a hydrogenation reactor, in which the amount of hydrogen reacted in the hydrogenation is firstly determined, the ratio of the amount of hydrogen reacted to the amount of starting material fed in is then derived, this ratio is compared with a prescribed value and, finally, at least one process parameter is altered if the ratio of the amount of hydrogen reacted to the amount of starting material fed in deviates by a prescribed amount from the prescribed value.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid, acid catalyst for the preparation of polytetrahydrofuran, polytetrahydrofuran copolymers, diesters or monoesters of these polymers by polymerization of tetrahydrofuran in the presence of at least one telogen and/or comonomer, which has a BET surface area of at least 160 m2/g and an acid center density of at least 0.05 mmol/g for pKa values of from 1 to 6, to a process for preparing it and to a process for the polymerization of cyclic ethers over this catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the single-stage preparation of polyoxyalkylene glycols by copolymerization of THF and alpha, omega-diols in the presence of a heteropolyacid, wherein the content of organically bound nitrogen in the alpha, omega-diol is less than 15 ppm.

Abstract: Catalyst in the form of an extrudate which comprises from 5 to 85% by weight of copper oxide and in which the same oxidic support material is present in the active composition and as binder, and the use of the catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for distillatively purifying tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a polar solvent.