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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4368337 | Process for converting glycol dialkyl ether A process is described for converting glycol dialkyl ether without substantial formation of olefin oligomers by reaction with water, comprising reacting a feed glycol di-tertiary alkyl ether represented by structural formula (A) with water using a strongl... | 01/11/1983 |
| 4320232 | Process for conjointly preparing methyl tert.-butyl ether and obtaining isobutene A process for conjointly preparing methyl tert.-butyl ether and obtaining isobutene from an isobutene-containing C4 -hydrocarbon mixture. In the process the C4 -hydrocarbon mixture is reacted, in one or more etherification stages, wi... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4297517 | Preparation of carbonyl compounds from allylethers A process for hydrolysing allylethers of the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group of from 1 to 8 ca... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4287379 | Process for obtaining isobutene from C4 -hydrocarbon mixtures containing isobutene A process for obtaining isobutene from a C4 -hydrocarbon mixture containing isobutene, by reacting the mixture with a primary alcohol in the presence of an acid condensing agent and decomposing the resulting tertiary ether in the presence of an... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4242503 | Process for O-demethylating fortimicins Described is a method of O-demethylating a fortimicin compound using hydriodic acid or tri-methylsilyiodide as an O-demethylating agent.... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4232177 | Catalytic distillation process A method for conducting chemical reactions and fractionation of the reaction mixture comprising feeding reactants to a distillation column reactor into a feed zone and concurrently contracting the reactants with a fixed bed catalytic packing to concurrent... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4229588 | Preparation of dialkyl dithiodialkanoates A method for obtaining dialkyl dithiodialkanoates in which mercaptoalkyl esters are contacted with a halogen in an inert hydrocarbon solvent to produce a heavy liquid phase of dialkyl dithiodialkanoate and a separate liquid phase of hydrocarbon solvent. T... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4189441 | Process for preparing esters from ethers or esters of lower homologous alcohols A process is disclosed for preparing esters having the general formulae: and wherein R and R' are linear or branched alkyl radicals either like or unlike each other, and containing from 1 to 16 carbon atoms, or considered together, forming a cycloaliphatic rin... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4131739 | Catalytic rearrangement of cyclic acetals to carboxylic esters Cyclic acetals are rearranged to form isomeric carboxylic acid esters according to the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl, alkenyl, or aromatic moiety containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms; And R' is an alkyl or alkenyl moiety containing 1 t... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130574 | Method for increasing the hydrogen:carbon ratio of an organic compound A method for increasing the hydrogen:carbon ratio of an organic compound is disclosed. The organic compound can be one having any of the following functions: hydroxyl, carbonyl, epoxide, acetal, ketal, hemiacetal and hemiketal. The method involves introdu... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4078002 | Reduction of chemical compounds with 9-BBN 9-Borabicyclo (3.3.1) noname (9-BBN), a relatively stable solid dialkylborane, can be used to reduce a wide variety of reducible chemical compounds, including both organic and inorganic compounds. The stability of the reagent greatly reduces the operating... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4062898 | Conversion of acetals Acetals can be transformed into useful products by reaction with carbon monoxide and hydrogen. For example, methylal can be converted to ethanol and ଲ-methoxyethanol. The reaction can be conducted in the presence of a catalyst system comprising coba... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4006198 | Method for the preparation of tertiary olefins A method is disclosed for preparing tertiary olefins starting from the corresponding tertiary ethers, the improvement consisting in contacting the ether with a catalyst composed by active alumina modified by reaction with a silicon compound selected among... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3980755 | System for removing chloromethyl ether and bis-chloromethyl ether from air contaminated therewith Chloromethyl methyl ether and di(chloromethyl) ether contaminants are removed from air in laboratories, industrial plants and other locales wherein chloromethyl ether (more accurately called chloromethyl methyl ether) and bis-chloromethyl ether are used f... | 09/14/1976 |
