Abstract: A high-silica content zeolite having a novel crystal structure, a zeolite membrane and manufacturing methods for these are provided, and the present invention relates to a zeolite having the chemical composition represented by [(Si36-xTy.O72).Mz] (wherein M is a cation of an alkali metal such as Li, Na, K or Rb, T represents Al, Ga, Fe and Ce as skeleton substituting elements, x satisfies 0?x?3.0, y satisfies 0?y?1.0 and z satisfies 0?z?3.0), and having a micropore formed of covalent bonds between Si and O atoms, with a specific diffraction peak at 2? in powder x-ray diffraction, together with a zeolite membrane and methods for manufacturing these.

Abstract: A process is provided for preparing zeolite, particularly [Al]-SSZ-31, which comprises the steps of providing a mixture of a zeolite source, an aluminum-containing material, an organic structure directing substance, preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of N,N′-bis-triethyl-1,6-hexanediyl-diammonium dihydroxide, N,N′-bis-triethyl-1,7-heptanediyl-diammonium dihydroxide, N,N′-bis-triethyl-1,8-octanediyl-diammonium dihydroxide, N,N′-bis-triethyl-1,9-nonanediyl-diammonium dihydroxide, N,N′-bis-triethyl-1,10-decanediyl-diammonium dihydroxide, and their salts, and water; drying said mixture to form a powdered dry gel; and contacting and reacting said dry gel with steam at a saturated vapor pressure to produce an aluminum-containing zeolite [Al]-SSZ-31.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for producing aromatic polyamides represented by the following formula (III), which comprises reacting an aromatic dihalogen compound represented by the following formula (I) with a diamine compound represented by the following formula (II) in the presence of cobalt/phosphine complex and a basic substance under carbon monoxide atmosphere:X.sub.1 --Ar--X.sub.2 formula (I)wherein Ar represents an aromatic residue and X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 each represent a bromine or iodine atom,H.sub.2 N--R--NH.sub.2 formula (II)wherein R represents a divalent hydrocarbon group, andformula (III) ##STR1## wherein Ar and R each have the same meaning as the above, and n is a positive integer.

Abstract: A catalyst for hydroformylation of an olefin with H.sub.2 and CO is disclosed which includes an inorganic oxide carrier, and two or more catalytic metal components supported on the carrier, the metals of said catalytic metal components being cobalt and at least one auxiliary metal selected from rhodium, ruthenium, rhenium, iridium, platinum, palladium, copper, osmium and gold. By contacting a feed of an olefin, H.sub.2 and CO with the catalyst, the olefin is converted into an aldehyde and an alcohol.