Angus Chemical Company

Dow Global Technolgoies LLC

Rohm and Haas Company

Daniel M Trauth

John G Pendergast, Jr

Mahesh Sawant

Richard L James

Raymond John Swedo

George David Green

Ian A Tomlinson

Ravindra S Dixit

Bharati Dinkar Chheda

Morteza Mokhtarzadeh

John D Gummere

Li Wang

Sivam Rangavajjula

Edward L Little

John G Pendergast

Jr John G Pendergast

Mahesh Ratnakar Sawant

Provided is a process for the formation of nitrated compounds by the nitration of hydrocarbon compounds with dilute nitric acid. Also provided are processes for preparing industrially useful downstream derivatives of the nitrated compounds, as well as novel nitrated compounds and derivatives, and methods of using the derivatives in various applications.

Nitrated hydrocarbons, derivatives, and processes for their manufacture

A method for producing an amine. The first step is contacting a cyanide, an acid, water and a substrate compound capable of generating a carbonium ion by reaction with the acid to generate a first reaction intermediate. The second step is contacting the first reaction intermediate with water to form a second reaction intermediate. The third step is removing cyanide present in the second reaction intermediate to a concentration less than 10 ppm. The fourth step is contacting the second reaction intermediate with an alkali metal hydroxide to form the amine.

Process for preparation of tertiary alkyl primary amines

Disclosed is an apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. The apparatus may be designed such that it can synthesize more than one nitroalkane using the same equipment.

Hydrocarbon feed flexible high pressure nitration plant design

Disclosed are a process and an apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. Energy and capital costs may be reduced by recycling a majority of the aqueous phase back to the reactor.

Process for nitroalkane recovery by aqueous phase recycle to nitration reactor

Disclosed are a process and an apparatus for concentrating an organic acid by using a nitroalkane as an entrainer for the azeotropic removal of water from an aqueous organic acid solution. The nitroalkane may be the same as a nitroalkane that is the product of a high pressure nitration process that produces nitroalkanes and aqueous organic acid.

Apparatus and process for using a nitroalkane as an entrainer for azeotropic removal of water from aqueous acid solution

Disclosed are processes and apparatuses for concentrating at least one organic acid using an alkyl acetate as an entrainer. The processes and apparatuses may use the same alkyl acetate as an entrainer to concentrate a mixture of organic acids.

Apparatus and process for nitration selectivity flexibility enabled by azeotropic distillation

Provided is a process for the formation of 2-nitropropane and/or 2,2-dinitropropane by the nitration of propane with dilute nitric acid.

Process for the manufacture of nitropropanes

Disclosed are a process and an apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. By using an isothermal reactor with multiple input ports for aqueous nitric acid, a hydrocarbon feedstock may be sequentially exposed to a plurality of flows of aqueous nitric acid as it flows through the reactor.

Isothermal reactor for hydrocarbon nitration

Disclosed are a process and apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. Energy and capital costs may be reduced by using a dividing wall column.

Process for downstream recovery of nitroalkane using dividing wall column

Provided is a process for making nitrated hydrocarbons by reacting aqueous nitric acid with a hydrocarbon feedstock and a carboxylic acid under specific reaction conditions.

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