Olin Corporation

Arco Chemical Technology, L.p.

Pennington, Buford T.

Buford T Pennington

Michael C Fullington

Allen B Quakenbush

Donald L Lickei

Stephen L Goldstein

Peter J Whitman

James L Meyer

Chunjie Zhang

Jeffrey W Baird

A multi-step process for producing DNT employing a mononitration step in a single liquid phase at an elevated temperature using a carefully controlled amount of water, followed by a phase separation step prior to dinitration of the MNT present in the resulting organic phase. This process results in a DNT product with a desired isomer ratio of 2,4-DNT to 2,6-DNT and provide relatively fast nitration rates with less by-products.

Two-stage dinitrotoluene production process

A process is disclosed for removing a light organic compound from a liquid composition comprising said light organic compound in admixture with a nitroaromatic compound, said light organic compound having a partial vapor pressure in said composition that is greater than the partial vapor pressure of said nitroaromatic compound in said composition, said process comprising contacting said composition with steam or a gas to cause at least a portion of said light organic compound to pass out of said composition and into admixture with said steam or gas.

Process for reducing tetranitromethane in compositions containing

A non-catalytic, gas-phase oxidation process for the production of an alkylene oxide or mixture of alkylene oxides in the presence of an aldehyde which may be an aldehyde produced in the oxidation process. Preferably, a gaseous mixture of propylene, oxygen and acetaldehyde is reacted at a temperature in the range of from about 200 to about 350.degree. C. and at a superatmospheric pressure up to about 1000 psig.

Non-catalytic oxidation of alkylene to alkylene oxide in the presence of

Described herein is a process for the direct oxidation of propylene to propylene oxide in conditions such that propylene is above its critical temperature and pressure.

Process for the direct oxidation of propylene to propylene oxide

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Buford T Pennington