Ethyl Corporation

Joachim W Wolfram

John Y Lee

Carroll W Lanier

Thomas J Dileo

Cynthia W Hermann

A process for removing vinylidene olefin from an olefin mixture containing about 1 to 55 mole percent vinylidene olefin, 0 to 20 mole percent internal olefin and the balance vinyl olefin, said process comprising:

Olefin purification process

Alkadienes are produced by reacting alkenyltrialkylammonium halide in which the double bond is allylic or homoallylic relative to the nitrogen atom with a strong inorganic base under phase transfer conditions. In this reaction trialkylamine is eliminated from the quaternary ammonium halide thereby resulting in the concurrent formation of the alkadiene. Long chain (e.g., C.sub.6 -C.sub.20) conjugated alkadienes, can readily be prepared from the corresponding alkenes in good yields on an economical basis by a three-stage process involving:

Process for producing dienes

6-Carboxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran and ring-substituted derivatives thereof are prepared by reacting a 1,4-disubstituted butane having leaving groups at the one and four positions in a liquid solvent medium with carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalytic amount of a metal carbonyl compound and an alkali metal inorganic base or an alkaline earth metal inorganic base.

Preparation of 6-carboxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran

Halo-.alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids are prepared by reacting a dihaloalkane in a liquid solvent medium with carbon monoxide at elevated temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalytic amount of a metal carbonyl compound and an alkali metal inorganic base or an alkaline earth metal inorganic base.

Preparation of halo-.alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids

A process for the production of aryloxyalkylpyruvic acid of the general formula:

Process for preparing aryloxyalkylpyruvic acids

A process for the production of an arylalkylpyruvic acid of the general formula:

Process for preparing arylalkylpyruvic acids

A process for the production of .alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydrocarbyl radicals, substituted hydrocarbyl radicals or hydrocarbyloxy radicals by reacting an acyl halide of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above and X represents halogen, in a liquid solvent medium, with an alkali metal tricarbonyl[triphenylphosphine]cobaltate complex of the formula:

Preparation of .alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids from acyl halides

A process for the production of .alpha.-keto-carboxylic acids of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are hydrogen, hydrocarbyl radicals, substituted hydrocarbyl radicals or hydrocarbyloxy radicals by reacting an acyl halide of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined above and X represents halogen, in a liquid solvent medium, with an alkali metal tetracarbonyl cobaltate complex of the formula:

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Joachim W Wolfram