The Dow Chemical Company

A Dale Harley

Michael T Holbrook

Craig B Murchison

Larry N Ito

David D Smith

Iwao Kohatsu

Issam A Khoury

Jose Puga

Lawrence G Duquette

Mark D Cisneros

Jerald L Curnutt

David T Doughty

Larwrence G Duquette

A process for converting a chlorinated alkene feedstock including two or more chlorines to reaction products including a less-chlorinated alkene in a commercially substantial proportion, comprising reacting the chlorinated alkene feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of a Group VIII metal other than rhodium, palladium or ruthenium and a Group IB metal on a support.

Processes for converting chlorinated alkenes to useful, less chlorinated

A process for the catalytic conversion of various chlorinated hydrocarbon byproducts and waste products especially to less chlorinated, useful or salable products, in which a chlorinated hydrocarbon feedstock containing two or more chlorines is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of an active hydrogenating metal component such as platinum in elemental or compound form, and a surface segregating metal component such as copper in elemental or compound form on a support.

Processes for converting chlorinated byproducts and waste products to

A hydrodehalogenation process, comprising the step of reacting a saturated halohydrocarbon (e.g., 1,2-dichloropropane) with hydrogen or a hydrogen donor in the gas phase in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of ruthenium on a support, and at temperatures of at least about 100 degrees Celsius, to produce reaction products including a corresponding non-halogenated, unsaturated hydrocarbon (e.g., propylene).

Hydrodehalogenation process and catalyst for use therein

A process for the production of a diaryl carbonate comprising:

Captive carbonyl halide process for production of diaryl carbonates

A process for the production of a diaryl carbonate useful in the preparation of polycarbonate molding resins comprising contacting an aromatic hydroxy compound and a carbonyl halide or aryl haloformate in the presence of a catalyst comprising aluminum trifluoride.

Aluminum trifluoride catalyst for production of diaryl carbonates

An unsaturated halohydrocarbon such as vinylidene chloride is produced by the dehydrohalogenation of haloalkanes such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane or 1,1,2-trichloroethane, by contacting the haloalkane with a Group IA metal halide and a Group IIA or IIB metal oxide or metal hydroxide, together supported on a porous carrier material, under reaction conditions sufficient to form the corresponding unsaturated hydrocarbon and a Group IIA or IIB metal halide. The Group IIA or IIB metal oxide or metal hydroxide may be regenerated by contacting the Group IIA or IIB metal halide with an alkanol or water. In one embodiment, the process is initiated by contacting a novel catalyst comprising a Group IA metal cation such as Cs, a Group IIA or IIB metal cation such as Mg and a neutralizing number of halide anions such as chloride distributed on a support such as silica, with water or an alkanol under reaction conditions sufficient to form the Group IA metal halide and the Group IIA or IIB metal oxide or metal hydroxide supported on a porous carrier material. The process of the invention is also useful for the dehydrohalogenation of alkylene halohydrins to produce alkylene oxides. The process of the invention may be carried out in a riser reactor system, whereby the reactants are cycled in a continuous process.

Process and catalyst for the dehydrohalogenation of halogenated

A process for the hydrodechlorination of carbon tetrachloride to produce chloroform and methylene chloride utilizes a supported platinum catalyst that is subjected to chloride pre-treatment. The platinum catalyst may be promoted with small amounts of metals such as tin. By-product production is decreased and duration of catalyst activity is improved by the process of this invention.

Vapor phase hydrogenation of carbon tetrachloride

Methyl chloride is produced by contacting methanol and hydrogen chloride in the vapor phase in the presence of KZnCl.sub.3 supported on silica. The process produces methyl chloride in good yield with minimal formation of dimethyl ether as a by-product.

Catalyst for hydrochlorination of hydrocarbons

Process and catalyst for hydrochlorination of hydrocarbons

A process is described for the preparation of a ceramic green body by hydrolyzing at least one alkoxide selected from each of two specified groups to form a dispersion of their reaction product, concentrating the dispersion to a sediment without drying it, and admixing a binder and a plasticizer with the sediment to make a ceramic slip formulation. A release agent can optionally be admixed. The slip formulation is then cast as a ceramic green body. The proportions of alkoxides can be adjusted, as desired, to produce a ceramic green body which is dielectric and useful for microcapacitors or as a conductor.

Dispersion process for ceramic green body

An unsaturated halohydrocarbon such as vinylidene chloride is produced by the dehydrohalogenation of haloalkanes such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane or 1,1,2-trichloroethane, in the presence of a novel mixed salt catalyst containing a Group IA metal cation such as Cs, a Group IIA metal cation such as Mg and a neutralizing number of counter anions such as chloride distributed on a support such as silica.

Preparation of a ceramic green body by hydrolyzing two groups of alkoxides to form a dispersion of their reaction product, concentrating the dispersion to a sediment without drying it, and admixing a binder solution, plasticizer and release agent with the sediment to make a ceramic slip formulation. The slip formulation is then cast as a ceramic green body. The proportions of alkoxides can be adjusted to produce a ceramic green body which is dielectric and useful for microcapacitors.

This invention is a process for the preparation of a symmetrical or unsymmetrical dihydrocarbyl carbonate which comprises contacting an aliphatic, cycloaliphatic or di(aryl-substituted aliphatic) alcohol or mixtures thereof with carbon monoxide and oxygen in the presence of a catalytic amount of bis((2,4-pentanedianato)copper (II) methoxide) and a cocatalytic amount of a basic nitrogen-containing coordination compound under conditions such that a symmetrical or unsymmetrical dihydrocarbyl carbonate is prepared.

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Midland, MI, United States of America

A Dale Harley