Abstract: Borated hydrocarbylenetriamine amides can be made by borating the appropriate reaction product of a triamine and an organic monocarboxylic acid. They demonstrate friction reducing and/or fuel consumption reducing properties when formulated into lubricants, particularly lubricating oils, and fuels.

Abstract: To prepare compounds containing carboxylic acid amide groups, in particular peptides, there are reacted compounds containing a carboxy group, in the presence of dialkylphosphinic acid anhydrides with compounds containing a free amino group.

Abstract: Alkyl amides have been synthesized from cyclic anhydrides, carboxyl acids and their esters by contacting them with an amine carbamic acid salt.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a method of making a carboxylic acid amide, including a peptide, by reacting a compound having a free amino group with a compound having a free carboxy group in the presence of an anhydride of an alkane-phosphonic acid.

Abstract: Carboxylic amides can be produced simply and in good yield by reacting primary alcohols with at least one compound selected from ammonia, primary amines, and secondary amines, in the presence of a molecular oxygen-containing gas and a palladium or platinum catalyst under oxidative conditions.

Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of diacetyl ethylene diamine, w hich comprises allowing a mixture of ethylene diamine and acetic acid to react in a low-temperature zone at a temperature of about 80.degree. to 140.degree. C., completing the reaction of the mixture in a subsequent high-temperature zone of from about 140.degree. to 215.degree. C., discharging the diacetyl ethylene diamine obtained at the end of the high-temperature zone and stripping the reaction water in countercurrent flow by an inert gas at a point located between the low-temperature and the high-temperature zone.

Abstract: An inexpensive and nonhazardous process for the preparation of an amide wherein an organic acid reacting with an aryl amine to form an intermediate hydroxy aryl amide and then dehydrating the hydroxy aryl amide to form a .alpha., .beta. unsaturated amide.

Abstract: An improved process is provided for the amidation of carboxylic acids. For the process a carboxylic acid is reacted with ammonia gas at an elevated temperature and at atmospheric pressure or above in the presence of an alkyltin catalyst, preferably an alkyltin compound containing both hydroxyl and halo groups. High conversions are achieved with the process and the resulting products have low nitrile contents.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be the same or different, are each a C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl group, a chloromethyl group or a halogen atom, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a halogen atom, n is an integer of 2 to 5 and X is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group or a chlorine atom, which is useful as a herbicide.