E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Invista North America S.a.r.l.

Invista Technologies S.a.r.l.

Coatings Foreign IP Co. LLC

Joachim C Ritter

Sourav Kumar Sengupta

Wathudura Indika Namal De Silva

Carl Andrew Menning

Ekaterini Korovessi

Rajiv Dhawan

Alan Martin Allgeier

David Richard Corbin

Joel M Pollino

Neville Everton Drysdale

Kenneth Gene Moloy

Christina S Stauffer

Christian Peter Lenges

Helen S M Lu

Fredrik Nederberg

Surbhi Mahajan

Joseph E Murphy

Torren Ryan Carlson

Thomas E Vos

Annalisa Hargis

Wilson Tam

Robert Donald Fallon

David J Rodini

Steven R Allen

Andrew C Eliot

Hasan Dindi

Michael Charles Grady

James Michael Garner

Roger Keith Siemionko

H David Rosenfeld

James Arnold Schultz

Sigridur Soley Kristjansdottir

Frederick K Mallon

Robert John Duff

Matthew Arthur Page

Henry Edward Bryndza

Zheng-Zheng Huang

Christina M Older

John Joseph Hagedorn

Katelyn Rae Walck

Henry Edward Brynzda

Surbhi Mahajan Du

Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising Pt, Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, Ru, or Fe on a WOor WOsupport. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal M1 and a metal M2 or an oxide of M2, and optionally a support. In one embodiment, M1 is Pd, Pt, or Ir; and M2 is Mo, W, V, Mn, Re, Zr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ge, Sn, Ti, Au, or Co. The Coxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.

Production of alpha, omega-diols

Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,2-cyclohexanediol, and mixtures of 1,2-cyclohexanediol and 1,6-hexanediol, by hydrogenating 1,2,6-hexanetriol.

Process for the production of hexanediols

Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol and synthetic intermediates useful in the production of 1,6-hexanediol from renewable biosources. In one embodiment, a process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a first hydrogenation catalyst at a first temperature to form product mixture (I); and heating product mixture (I) in the presence of hydrogen and a second hydrogenation catalyst at a second temperature to form product mixture (II) which comprises 1,6-hexanediol.

Process for preparing 1, 6-hexanediol

A method for accelerating the curing of a polyarylene sulfide. The polyarylene sulfide is blended with a cure accelerator to form a mixture where the weight percentage of accelerator is between 0.2% and 15.0% of the total weight of the blend. The mixture is cured at 320&#xb0; C. or above for at least 20 minutes. The cure accelerator is a compound selected from the group consisting of ionomers, hindered phenols, polyhydric alcohols, polycarboxylates, and mixtures of the foregoing.

Cure acceleration of polymeric structures

Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from levoglucosenone. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising palladium, platinum/tungsten, nickel/tungsten, rhodium/rhenium, or mixtures thereof at a first temperature between about 50&#xb0; C. and 100&#xb0; C. and at a first reaction pressure between about 50 psi and 2000 psi for a first reaction period, and at a second temperature between about 120&#xb0; C. and 250&#xb0; C. and at a second pressure between about 500 psi and 2000 psi for a second reaction period to form a product mixture comprising 1,6-hexanediol, wherein the first reaction period is the amount of time in which the levoglucosenone has a conversion of at least about 95%.

Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from levoglucosenone. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising palladium, platinum/tungsten, nickel/tungsten, rhodium/rhenium, or mixtures thereof at a first temperature between about 50&#xb0; C. and 100&#xb0; C. and at a first reaction pressure between about 50 psi and 2000 psi for a first reaction period, and at a second temperature between about 120&#xb0; C. and 250&#xb0; C. and at a second pressure between about 500 psi and 2000 psi for a second reaction period to form a product mixture comprising 1,6-hexanediol, wherein the first reaction period is the amount of time in which the levoglucosenone has a conversion of at least about 95%. In one embodiment, the 1,6-hexanediol is converted to 1,6-diaminohexane.

Process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol

Disclosed are processes comprising contacting an aqueous reaction mixture having an initial pH between about 3 and about 6 and comprising levoglucosenone with a catalyst, and heating the reaction mixture to form a product mixture comprising 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural. The processes may further comprise heating the product mixture comprising 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfural in the presence of hydrogen and a hydrogenation catalyst to form a second product mixture comprising one or more of 2,5-furandimethanol, tetrahydrofuran 2,5-dimethanol, 1,2,6-hexanetriol, 2-hydroxymethyltetrahydropyran, and 1,6-hexanediol.

Production of hydroxymethylfurfural from levoglucosenone

Disclosed herein are processes comprising contacting isosorbide with hydrogen in the presence of a first hydrogenation catalyst to form a first product mixture comprising tetrahydrofuran-2,5-dimethanol. The processes can further comprise heating the first product mixture in the presence of hydrogen and a second hydrogenation catalyst to form a second product mixture comprising 1,6-hexanediol. The first and second hydrogenation catalysts can be the same or different.

Production of tetrahydrofuran-2, 5-dimethanol from isosorbide

Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol and synthetic intermediates useful in the production of 1,6-hexanediol from renewable biosources. In one embodiment, a process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a first hydrogenation catalyst at a first temperature to form product mixture (I); and heating product mixture (I) in the presence of hydrogen and a second hydrogenation catalyst at a second temperature to form product mixture (II) which comprises 1,6-hexanediol. In one embodiment, the 1,6-hexanediol is converted to 1,6-diaminohexane.

Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In some embodiments, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising metals M1, M2, and M3 and optionally a support, wherein: M1 is Mn, Cr, V, or Ti; M2 is Ni, Co, or Fe; and M3 is Cu, Ag, Pt, Pd or Au; or M1 is Pt or Rh; M2 is Cu, Ni or Pd; and M3 is Mo, Re or W. The Coxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.

Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising Cu, a Cu oxide, or mixtures thereof; a heteropoly acid component comprising H[P(WO)], H[Si(WO)], H[P(MoO)], H[Si(MoO)], CsH[P(WO)], CsH[Si(WO)], or mixtures thereof; optionally a second metal component comprising Cr, a Cr oxide, Ni, a Ni oxide, Mn, a Mn oxide, Fe, an Fe oxide, Co, a Co oxide, Mo, a Mo oxide, W, a W oxide, Re, a Re oxide, Zn, or a Zn oxide, Ag, a Ag oxide, SiO, or AlO; optionally at least one promoter comprising Na, K, Mg, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, or mixtures thereof; and optionally a support.

Production of &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-diols

Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an &#x3b1;,&#x3c9;-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising a first metal component comprising Ni, Ir, Pt, Rh, Ru, Pd, Fe, Ag, or Au; a heteropoly acid component comprising H[P(WO)], H[Si(WO)], H[P(MoO)], H[Si(MoO)], CsH[P(WO)]CsH[Si(WO)], or mixtures thereof; optionally a second metal component comprising Cr, a Cr oxide, Ni, a Ni oxide, Fe, a Fe oxide, Co, a Co oxide, Mn, a Mn oxide, Mo, a Mo oxide, W, a W oxide, Re, a Re oxide, Zn, a Zn oxide, SiO, or AlO; optionally at least one promoter comprising Na, K, Mg, Rb, Cs, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ce, or mixtures thereof; and optionally a support. In one embodiment, the optional support is present in the catalyst and comprises WO, SiO, AlO, carbon, TiO, ZrO, SiO&#x2014;AlO, montmorillonite, SiO&#x2014;TiO, tungstated ZrO, zeolites, VO, MoO, or mixtures thereof. The Coxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.

Provided are methods for obtaining modified polyarylene sulfide compositions having improved thermal and thermo-oxidative stability, the compositions so obtained, and articles comprising the compositions. The method comprises the steps of contacting, in the presence of a suitable solvent, a polyarylene sulfide with at least one reducing agent and at least base to form a first mixture. The reducing agent comprises zinc(0), tin(0), tin(II), bismuth (0), bismuth(III), or a combination thereof. The first mixture is heated to form a second mixture in which the polyarylene sulfide is dissolved. The polyarylene sulfide is then precipitated to obtain a modified polyarylene sulfide.

Solution phase processing of polyarylene sulfide

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