Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of “green” or relatively benign solvents such as ethanol, ethanol/water, isopropyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol/water, ethyl lactate, acetone, butanol, isoamyl alcohol, or ethyl acetate to extract phytosterols from wet corn fiber. The resulting oil product contains free phytosterols and free fatty acids.

Abstract: This invention provides analogs of triptycene which are useful as anticancer drugs, as well as for other uses. The potency of these compounds is in a similar magnitude as daunomycin, a currently used anticancer drug. Each compound of the invention produces one or more desired effects (blocking nucleoside transport, inhibiting nucleic acid or protein syntheses, decreasing the proliferation and viability of cancer cells, inducing DNA fragmentation or retaining their effectiveness against multidrug-resistant tumor cells).

Abstract: The invention is drawn to organic compounds of the general formulae L--A--Z or L--A'--L' as defined in the specification. The compounds are readily crystallizable and can be used for their ferromagnetic properties.

Abstract: The invention is drawn to organic compounds of the general formulae L--A--Z or L--A'--L' as defined in the specification. The compounds are readily crystallizable and can be used for their ferromagnetic properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone of high purity by the action of chlorine and concentrated hydrochloric acid on hydroquinone, which involves introducing a portion of the hydroquinone to be employed into initially introduced hydrochloric acid containing catalytic amounts of iron(III) ions and an anionic dispersant, introducing chlorine gas into this solution at a temperature from 20.degree. to 107.degree. C., then adding the residual quantity of hydroquinone as a solid or in solution, raising the temperature to from 80.degree. to 107.degree. C. while continuing to pass in gaseous chlorine, adding, after the introduction of gaseous chlorine has ended, a relatively high-boiling organic solvent which is not miscible with hydrochloric acid, and subsequently subjecting the reaction mixture to thermal aftertreatment.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone of high purity by the action of chlorine and concentrated hydrochloric acid on hydroquinone, by introducing a part of the hydroquinone to be employed into an initially introduced 4- to 6-fold molar amount--based on the total amount of hydroquinone--of 20 to 37 % aqueous hydrochloric acid containing catalytic amounts of iron(III) ions and an anionic dispersant, introducing 1.5 to 2.0 times the molar amount--based on total hydroquinone--of chlorine as a gas into this solution at a temperature of 20.degree. to 90.degree. C., then adding the residual amount of hydroquinone as a solid or in dissolved form, introducing 1.5 to 2.0 times the molar amount of chlorine as a gas, keeping the concentration of the hydrochloric acid here at 23-25% by addition of water and finally raising the temperature to 100.degree. to 107.degree. C. with further introduction of chlorine as a gas (1.7 to 2.

Abstract: Process for preparing chloranil by the oxidative chlorination of a quinone or of a hydroquinone with a hydrochloric acid/hydrogen peroxide mixture, the introduction of hydrogen peroxide being carried out at a temperature above 60.degree. C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved process for the production of perchlorinated quinones by oxidative dehalogenation comprising the steps of providing a stoichiometric mixture consisting of sulfur trioxide, sulfuric acid and at least one aromatic compound containing one or more unsaturated carbon-rings therein. The mixture is reacted with a stoichiometric quantity of chlorine by slowly adding the chlorine to the mixture while stirring. After a sufficient reaction time the resultant perchlorinated quinone product is recovered from the reacted mixture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel benzoquinones which are useful as antihyperlipidemic agents. The present invention also provides a process for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and a method for treating birds and mammals in need thereof which comprises administering to said host an effective amount of a benzoquinone of the present invention.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for removing chlorine-containing impurities from quinone compounds such as p-bezonquinone. The process involves extracting a quinone compound containing 1000 ppm or more chlorine with heptane, cyclohexane or a mixture thereof and separating the quinone compound from the extraction mixture. The process provides a means for obtaining quinone compounds containing 50 ppm or less chlorine.

Abstract: Phenols are oxidated to quinones with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of catalytic amounts of bromine, iodine, hydrogen bromide and hydrogen iodide.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of high-purity tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone by the action of hydrogen peroxide and hydrochloric acid on hydroquinone, which comprises causing 3.8 top 4.2 times the molar quantity of 30 to 37% hydrochloric acid and 1.9 to 2.1 times the molar quantity of 50 to 35% hydrogen peroxide, to act at 5 to 50.degree. C. on 1 mole of hydroquinone in at least 12 times the molar quantity of 30 to 37% hydrochloric acid, then heating the resulting suspension, which essentially contains 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone, to 45 to 55.degree. C. and again causing to act on it, at 50 to 95.degree. C., 3.8 to 4.2 times the molar quantity of 30 to 37% hydrochloric acid and 1.9 to 2.1 times the molar quantity of 50 to 35% hydrogen peroxide, in each case based on the hydroquinone used, and finally adding to the suspension, which is now essentially composed of trichloro-1,4-benzoquinone, 1.9 to 2.1 times the molar quantity of hydrochloric acid of the said concentration range, and 0.95 to 1.

Abstract: A process for the production of high-purity tetrachloro-1,4-benzoquinone by the action of chlorine and hydrochloric acid on hydroquinone which comprises causing 1.9 to 2.1 times the molar quantity of gaseous chlorine to act at temperatures from 5.degree. to 15.degree. C. on 1 mol of hydroquinone in 6 to 7 times the molar quantity of 30 to 37% hydrochloric acid, then diluting the resulting suspension, essentially containing 2,5-dichlorohydroquinone, with 2 to 3 parts of water, relative to hydroquinone employed, and initially warming to a temperature from 20.degree. to 30.degree. C., subsequently introducing 1.9 to 2.1 times the molar quantity of chlorine gas in an air atmosphere while raising the temperature to 90.degree.-100.degree. C. with simultaneous dilution with 3.5 to 4.5 parts of water, relative to hydroquinone employed, and finally introducing 1 to 2 times the molar quantity of gaseous chlorine, relative to hydroquinone employed, at temperatures from 100.degree. to 115.degree. C.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of quinhydrones by the catalytic oxidation of aromatic diols with a peroxide in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a cerium carboxylate and a cupric carboxylate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of quinones by the catalytic oxidation of aromatic diols with a peroxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of ceric trihydroxyhydroperoxide.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of quinones by the catalytic oxidation of aromatic diols with a peroxide in the presence of a catalytic amount of certain cerium carboxylate salts.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of quinones by the catalytic oxidation of aromatic diols with a peroxide in the presence of a catalyst system comprising a cerium carboxylate and a cupric carboxylate.

Abstract: Tetrakis(dialkylamino)aromatics Ia to Ic ##STR1## where the radicals A may be identical or different and are n-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl and the radicals R may be identical or different and are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl, and their charge transfer complexes with electron acceptors, and the preparation of Ia to Ic from the corresponding N-unsubstituted amines by alkylation with A'--CHO (where A'.dbd.H or N-C.sub.1 -C.sub.5 -alkyl) and reduction with NaBH.sub.3 CN.The charge transfer complexes of Ia and Ic are used to prepare electrically conductive polymers.