Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft

Hoechst Celanese Corporation

Ticona Gmbh

Celanese Chemicals Europe Gmbh

Heinz Strutz

Andreas Schleicher

Dietrich Fleischer

Laurent Weisse

Jurgen Kulpe

Matthias Beller

Hartmut Fischer

J Urgen Kulpe

Werner H Mueller

Ju/ Rgen Kulpe

Klaus Hintzer

Jurgen Rohrmann

Werner Schwertfeger

Gunter Siegemund

Frank Kuber

Helmut Springer

Ralf Pfirmann

Siegbert Rittner

Brad L Smith

Manfred Finke

Peter Blickle

Klaus Forstinger

Klaus Schimmer

Klaus-Dieter Merscher

Robert Neunteufel

Hans-Martin R Uffer

Rudolf Heumuller

The present invention relates to a process for preparing ester plasticizers from ethylene glycol or the dimers, trimers or tetramers of this compound and linear or branched aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms. The reaction is carried out in the presence of organic substances having a boiling point of <112&deg; C., in particular cyclohexane, as azeotrope formers (entrainers) for removing the water of reaction.

Process for preparing ester plasticizers

Oxidation product of polyarylene sulfides comprising recurring units of the formula

Oxidized polyarylene sulfides

Process for oxidizing a polymer containing thioether groups, in which the polymer in solid form in a suspension medium is oxidized with ozone. The polymer obtained is suitable for the production of functional parts on which high demands are made.

Oxidation of polyarylene sulfides

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 filter material based on a polyarylene thioether having repeating units of the formula

Ter material and process for removing ozone from gases and liquids

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of polycarboxylic acids and derivatives thereof, the polycarboxylic acids prepared containing at least three carboxyl groups, comprising the steps

Process for the preparation of polycarboxylic acids and derivatives

This invention embodies a process for releasing acidic organic compounds in high yield and good purity from aqueous solutions of their salts which comprises converting the salts by carbon dioxide to their corresponding free acidic organic compounds and metal hydrogen carbonates, removing the acidic organic compounds from the mixture by extraction with an essentially water-insoluble organic solvent, and re-extracting the organic phase with carbon dioxide containing water. Using this process, the acidic organic compounds are completely released from their corresponding salts, i.e., the organic solution is free of salt. The acidic organic compounds released by the claimed process are organic compounds which contain acidic protons which can be replaced by metals. Some examples are carboxylic acids, sulfonic acids, phosphonic acids, phenols, naphthols, and aliphatic alcohols.

Process for releasing acidic organic compounds from salts thereof by

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 the preparation of 2-(dialkoxymethyl)carboxylic acid esters of the formula I ##STR1## by oxidizing .beta.-acetalization of acrylic acid esters with alcohols R.sup.1 OH, wherein R.sup.1 has the meaning mentioned, in the presence of oxygen as the oxidant and of a catalyst system based on one or more metals of the platinum group and/or compounds thereof and of a copper compound, comprises carrying out the reaction at a temperature of up to 80.degree. C. and in which the catalyst system contains 1 to 4 equivalents of anions, based on the sum of the metal atoms and metal cations, of which at most 3 equivalents are halide ions, the halogen having a molecular weight of at least 35.

Process for preparation of 2-(dialkoxymethyl)-carboxylic acid esters

Process for preparing a polyarylene sulfone by oxidizing a polyarylene thioether in acetic acid with hydrogen peroxide, the reaction being carried out in the presence of catalytic amounts of concentrated sulfuric acid and/or with the addition of equilibrium per-acids. The reaction products are suitable for producing molded parts having high temperature resistance and high resistance to chemicals.

Process for oxidizing polyarylene compounds containing thioether groups

Polyarylene thioethers having recurring units of the formula

Two-stage oxidation of polyarylene sulfides

The present invention relates to a process for preparing vinyl-substituted aromatic compounds of the formula (I) Ar--CH.dbd.CH.sub.2, where Ar is a phenyl group that may bear 1 to 5 substituents, naphthyl or anthryl or a naphthyl radical bearing 1 to 7 substituents or an anthryl radical bearing 1 to 8 substituents, or a mononuclear five-, six- or seven-membered heterocyclic aromatic group which contains an oxygen atom and/or one or two nitrogen atoms in the ring and may bear 1 to 5 substituents, wherein an arylamine of the formula (II) Ar--NH.sub.2, where Ar has the aforementioned meaning, is reacted in an organic acid with an organic nitrite of the formula (III) R--ONO, where R is an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, a phenyl radical which may bear 1 to 3 alkyl groups each having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or is an alkylcarbonyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, and ethylene in an organic solvent in the presence of a palladium(0) of palladium(II) compound at temperatures of 0.degree. to 35.degree. C.

Process for preparing vinyl-substituted aromatic compounds from

Filter material and process for removing ozone from gases and liquids

Process for preparing hydroxybenzaldehydes of the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 are hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, naphthyl, phenylalkyl, naphthylalkyl, phenoxy or saturated or unsaturated cyclopentane or cyclohexane radicals, and R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 may with the hydroxybenzene ring carbon atoms on which they are located form 1 or 2 saturated or unsaturated isocyclic or heterocyclic rings, by admixing 1 mol of a phenol of the formula (2) ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 have the stated meanings, in a pressure vessel with from 5 to 100 mol of hydrogen fluoride and from 0.5+x to 1.5+x mol of boron trifluoride, where x is the number of oxygen atoms contained in the starting compound (formula (2)), setting the mixture to from -10.sup..degree. to 100.degree. C. and then passing carbon monoxide into this mixture until a pressure of from 10 to 150 bar is reached and allowing the mixture to react at the desired pressure reached.

Process for selective preparation of hydroxybenzaldehydes

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic polyhydroxy compounds, by reacting an aromatic hydroxyaldehyde with hydrogen peroxide, with or without the addition of a base, in the presence of a nitrile R--CN, in which R is an alkyl radical having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl radical, which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or more alkyl groups.

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Heinz Strutz