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Hartmut Fischer

Matthias Beller

Heinz Strutz

Wolfgang Anton Herrmann

Christoph Brossmer

Arnold Schneller

Ralf Pfirmann

Thomas Gerdau

Holger Geissler

Freimund Rohrscheid

Detlef H Skaletz

Klaus Raab

Sandra Bogdanovic

Laurent Weisse

Ludwig Brinkmann

Peter Gross

Claus D Eisenbach

Klaus Forstinger

Eckart Reske

Wolfgang Lieberth

Ulrich Bulow

A palladacycle of the formula (I) ##STR1## where: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy, fluorine, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), N(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CO.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, OCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), or phenyl,

Palladacycles and a process for their preparation

The present invention relates to a process for recovering the cobalt carbonyl catalyst used, in which a water-soluble cobalt salt is first prepared by addition of acid and this is subsequently precipitated as cobalt hydroxide. This cobalt hydroxide is then reacted with the N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid derivative for whose preparation the cobalt carbonyl catalyst is intended, and the resulting cobalt-containing melt is converted into the cobalt carbonyl catalyst in the presence of a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen.

Process for recovering cobalt carbonyl catalysts used in the preparation

The invention relates to a process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic olefins of the formula (I) ##STR1## by reaction of haloaromatics of the formula (II) ##STR2## with olefins of the formula (III) ##STR3## , wherein a palladium compound of the formula (IV) ##STR4## is used as the catalyst.

Process for preparing aromatic olefins using palladacycle catalysis

Process for preparing 3-(p-fluorophenyl)-2-methylpropionic acid and derivatives thereof of the formula (I), ##STR1## in which R is a hydroxy group, a linear or branched (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkoxy group, an aryloxygroup, an amino group or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkylamino group or a (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-dialkylamino group, by

Process for preparing 2-(p-fluorophenyl)-2 methyl-propionic acid and

A process for the preparation of N-acylglycine derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## which comprises reacting a carboxylic acid amide with an aldehyde in the presence of a solvent and an acid to give an acylaminomethylol and then carbonylating the acylaminomethylol in the presence of a cobalt carbonyl catalyst.

Process for the preparation of N-acyl-.alpha.-amino acid derivatives

The present invention relates to compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen or halogen, the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or if two of the radicals X, Y or Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds, by reacting an aryldiazonium salt of the formula ##STR2## in which the radicals X, Y and Z are identical and are a fluorine, bromine or iodine atom or, if two of the radicals X, Y and Z are identical or all of the radicals X, Y, Z are different from each other, X, Y and Z are a fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine atom and A.sup.(-) is an anion of an acid having a pK.sub.a &lt;7, with a compound of the formula ##STR3## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and are hydrogen or an alkyl radical having 1 to 18 carbon atoms and optionally containing oxygen, nitrogen or halogen, in the presence of a palladium-containing catalyst, if appropriate with addition of a base, and the aryldiazonium salts of the formula (II).

Halogenated cinnamic acids and esters thereof, processes for the

Process for preparing aromatic olefins of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.3 are hydrogen, alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8) , alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.5), phenyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, --OH, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --CHO, --COalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --COphenyl, --COOalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --OCOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), --NHCOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , --CF.sub.3, --NH.sub.2, --NH--alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) or --N(alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)).sub.2 and R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), phenyl, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, --OH, --NO.sub.2, --CN, --CHO or --OCOalkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4) , and X is, inter alia, alkenyl(C.sub.2 -C.sub.12) or cycloalkenyl(C.sub.4 -C.sub.8) or the group ##STR2## in which R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen or methyl, and Y is --phenyl, --CN, --COOH, --COOalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), --COOphenyl, ##STR3## --CON (phenyl).sub.2, --COalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), --COphenyl, --Oalkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12) , --Ophenyl or the radical ##STR4## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 are as defined above, by reacting an aryldiazonium salt of the formula (2) ##STR5## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 are as defined and Z is the equivalent of an anion of an acid having a pK.sub.a of less than 7, with an olefin of the formula (3)

Process for preparing aromatic olefins

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alternating copolymers from unsaturated polar compounds and olefins in the presence of complexing agents, in which the complexing agent comprising the primarily formed copolymer/metal compound complex can be recovered in a simple manner and in reusable form. The copolymerization is carried out in the presence of salts, such as nitrates, but preferably halides, of divalent metal ions as the complexing agent in organic solvents at pressures of up to about 100 bar and at temperatures between -78.degree. C. and 100.degree. C. with the use of free-radical initiators. The reaction product is a mixture of the copolymer of a strictly alternating structure of unsaturated polar compounds and olefin, and of a copolymer which is higher in the unsaturated polar compound. The alternating copolymer can be easily separated therefrom by extraction with solvents, such as trichloromethane or acetone.

Process for the preparation of alternating copolymers perpared from

Process for the preparation of an aromatic polyether in the presence of finely divided condensation auxiliaries. The process for the preparation of an aromatic polyether by condensation of the reactants in the presence of carbonates of metals of Group I of the Periodic Table, as condensation auxiliaries, employs the metal carbonates sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate or mixtures thereof in the form of very finely ground salts. The fine particle size distribution of the carbonate allows a significant shortening of the reaction times and permits polyethers having a defined degree of condensation to be reproducibly prepared.

Process for the preparation of an aromatic polyether in the presence of

A process for the preparation of cyclic urea derivatives of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are equal or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or alkoxy having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, which comprises reacting a 1,2-diaminobenzene of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the meaning indicated above are reacted with carbon dioxide in the presence of water under superatmospheric pressure at a temperature of at least 120.degree. C.

Process for the preparation of cyclic ureas

Disclosed is a process for catalytic hydrogenolysis of p-substituted benzaldehyde-dialkyl-acetals of the general formula ##STR1## in which R is an alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted aryl group or an unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl group, by means of a catalyst system composed of cobalt carbonyl and at least one nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, such as pyridine, pyrrole, pyrrolidone or piperidine and a hydrogen/carbon monoxide mixture to give the corresponding p-substituted benzyl alkyl ether derivatives.

Process for the catalytic hydrogenolysis of p-substituted

There are disclosed and claimed novel polyamides having improved properties such as high transparency and second order transition temperatures in combination with good mechanical and electrical properties at relatively high temperatures. These polyamides are derived from bis-aminomethyl-norbornanes and aliphatic or cycloaliphatic or aromatic or aromatic-aliphatic diamines, aliphatic or aromatic dicarboxylic acids, and amino carboxylic acids.

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Hartmut Fischer