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Nippon Steel Corporation

Asahi Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hidefumi Hirai

Makoto Komiyama

Susumu Hara

Keiichiro Wada

Michitaka Otaki

Kazuhiro Saito

Tsutomu Nakamura

Hisashi Mihori

Naoki Toshima

Atsunori Koshirai

Keiichi Kanaka

Rikinori Terakado

Hotaka Aizawa

Hyoya Shiozaki

Kazunori Kurima

Disclosed is a method for preparing a non-aqueous dispersion of particles of a metal and/or a metal compound, which comprises contacting an aqueous dispersion of particles of a metal and/or a metal compound with a water-immiscible, non-aqueous liquid in the presence of a surfactant and in the presence or absence of a water-soluble inorganic acid salt and/or a water-soluble organic acid salt exhibiting substantially no surface activity, wherein when the contacting of the aqueous dispersion with the non-aqueous liquid is conducted in the absence of the salt, the salt is added after the contacting, thereby causing the particles to be migrated from the aqueous dispersion into the non-aqueous liquid.

Method for preparing a non-aqueous dispersion of particles of a metal

Disclosed is a process for introducing a carboxyl group to an aromatic carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof, which comprises reacting a starting aromatic carboxylic acid, such as a benzoic acid, a biphenylcarboxylic acid, a naphthalenecarboxylic acid, a diphenylcarboxylic acid, or a derivative thereof, with a carbon tetrahalide in the presence of a cyclodextrin and an alkali metal hydroxide, thereby introducing a carboxyl group to the aromatic ring of the starting aromatic carboxylic acid or the derivative thereof in substitution for a hydrogen atom bonded thereto. By the process of the present invention, a desired aromatic polycarboxylic acid or a derivative thereof can be easily obtained with high selectivity.

Process for introducing a carboxyl group to an aromatic carboxylic acid

Thers is disclosed a novel colloidal metal dispersion in which colloidal particles of a metal are protected by specific polymers including hydrazide polymers, acrylic ester polymers and acrylamide polymers. The colloidal metal dispersion is highly stable, and the colloidal metal particles protected by such specific polymers can be easily and strongly bound to various amino group-containing compounds to give stable colloidal metal complexes, which have a wide variety of uses, such as the use as a solid catalyst, the use for the treatment and diagnosis of various diseases, the use for studying tissues of living bodies, the use for inducing mutation of microorganisms, etc.

Colloidal metal dispersion, and a colloidal metal complex

Poly-p-phenylene is produced by reaction of benzene with oxygen gas in the presence of a chloride of a metal having a lower valence and aluminum chloride.

Preparation of poly-p-phenylene with (1) aluminum chloride and (2) CU(I)

There is disclosed a novel colloidal metal dispersion in which colloidal particles of a metal are protected by specific polymers including hydrazide polymers, acrylic ester polymers and acrylamide polymers. The colloidal metal dispersion is highly stable, and the colloidal metal particles protected by such specific polymers can be easily and strongly bound to various amino group-containing compounds to give stable colloidal metal complexes, which have a wide variety of uses, such as the use as a solid catalyst, the use for the treatment and diagnosis of various diseases, the use for studying tissues of living bodies, the use for including mutation of microorganisms, etc.

A solid adsorbent for an unsaturated hydrocarbon comprising (a) (i) a silver or copper(I) halide or (ii) a silver or copper(I) halide and the halide of a bivalent metal, or (iii) a silver or copper(I) halide and an aluminum halide, and (b) polystyrene or a derivative thereof. This solid adsorbent can effectively adsorb an unsaturated hydrocarbon such as ethylene from a gas mixture by contacting the gas mixture therewith at a temperature of -40.degree. C. to 140.degree. C. under normal pressures.

Process for separation of unsaturated hydrocarbon from gas mixture

A solid adsorbent for an unsaturated hydrocarbon including (a) (i) a copper(I) halide or oxide or (ii) a halide, carboxylate, sulfate, basic salt, oxide, or amine complex salt of copper(II) and (b) activated carbon or graphite is described. This solid adsorbent can effectively adsorb an unsaturated hydrocarbon such as ethylene from a gas mixture by being placed in contact with the gas mixture at a temperature of -40.degree. C. to 90.degree. C. under normal pressure.

Solid absorbent for unsaturated hydrocarbon and process for separation

Solid adsorbent for carbon monoxide and process for separation from gas

There is disclosed an adsorbent comprising a macroreticular polystyrene type resin having amino groups selected from the group consisting of primary, secondary and tertiary amino groups and combinations thereof, and a copper(I) halide fixed to the macroreticular polystyrene type resin. Such an adsorbent has been found to be advantageously employed for the selective adsorption-separation of a gas from a gaseous mixture.

Adsorbent for use in selective gas adsorption-separation and a process

A solid form adsorbent of carbon monoxide, that is obtained by the process including the following steps. First, copper salts or copper oxide is stirred in a solvent. Then, into the solution or suspension thus obtained, active carbon is added. Finally, the solvent is removed by means of pressure reduction, distillation, etc. The carbon monoxide adsorbent produced according to this invention adsorbs carbon monoxide rapidly when it is brought into contact with a mixed gas. The adsorbed carbon monoxide can be readily separated and discharged through either heating the carbon monoxide adsorbent to above 60.degree. C. or reducing the partial pressure of carbon monoxide. The carbon monoxide obtained in accordance with the present invention is stable relative to the water content in the mixed gas, and it is capable of separating carbon monoxide directly from the mixed gas containing the water. Also, the separated carbon monoxide does not contain the vapor of the solvent from the carbon monoxide adsorbent. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide equipment to collect the solvent vapor. Furthermore, this carbon monoxide adsorbent does not produce corrosive gases, etc. The carbon monoxide adsorbent obtained by using copper (II) salts or copper (II) oxide is also stable relative to sulfur content in the mixed gas.

Method for separating carbon dioxide from mixed gas

Solid adsorbent for unsaturated hydrocarbon and process for separation

With application of new liquid absorbent, comprised of a compound selected from a group composed of silver halide and cuprous halide, an aluminium halide, a polymer selected from a group composed of styrene and styrene derivatives, and an aromatic hydrocarbon, it is possible to recover ethylene by absorbing ethylene from gaseous mixture containing ethylene such as FCC off gas, ethylene plant off gas and coke oven gas. In particular, said liquid absorbent is neither diluted nor reduced its capability to absorb ethylene by water or its vapor contained in the said gaseous mixture, so the liquid absorbent can be used repeatedly for the recovery of ethylene from gaseous mixture containing ethylene and water or its vapor, without any pretreatment to reduce the water content of said gaseous mixture.

Process for recovery of ethylene from gaseous mixture

By reacting, using as a catalyst a modified or unmodified cyclodextrin, a phenol compound with an organic halide selected from the group consisting of a carbon tetrahalide and a substituted or unsubstituted allyl halide in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide, a substituent group derived from said organic halide can be introduced to the para-position of the phenol compound with high selectivity, whereby various useful para-substituted phenol derivatives can be advantageously obtained.

Process for producing a para-substituted phenol derivative

By reacting, using as a catalyst a modified or unmodified cyclodextrin, a phenol compound with a haloform in the presence of an alkali metal hydroxide, while maintaining the molar ratio of the cyclodextrin to the haloform at 0.5 to 10, a substituent group derived from the haloform can be introduced to the para-position of the phenol compound with high selectivity, whereby useful para-substituted phenol derivatives can be advantageously obtained.

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Tokyo, Japan

Hidefumi Hirai