Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Mitsui Petrochemical Industries, Ltd.

Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation

Kenji Doi

Satoru Ohtani

Shinji Senoo

Katsunari Higashi

Kazuhiko Kato

Yasuhiro Takano

Mamoru Kioka

Akinori Toyota

Yoshifumi Araki

Masao Nakano

Ryoichi Yamamoto

Masahiro Fujiwara

Atsushi Shibuya

Yoshinori Morita

Toshiyuki Hirose

Tomohiro Arase

Yoshiaki Kikuchi

Hiroshi Nishikawa

Hidetatsu Murakami

Tatsuo Shirahata

Kazuyoshi Yamazawa

Yutaka Haneda

Ryouichi Yamamoto

Masato Kawamura

Yasuhiro Hasada

Kunihiko Morizane

Toshizi Nishimura

Akira Kumagae

Toshio Murakami

Masaaki Ogizawa

Takao Uetake

Noritsuna Saito

The invention provides an efficient process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds such as cumene in a compact reactor. The invention also provides a process for producing phenol which includes a step of producing cumene by the above process. The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds of the invention includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound and an alcohol in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a solid acid catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the raw materials are fed to the reactor in a stream of a gas, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by the equation below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a solid acid catalyst layer:&#x3c1;g&#xb7;ug&#xb7;[&#x3c1;air&#xb7;&#x3c1;water/(&#x3c1;g&#xb7;&#x3c1;l)](kgms).

Process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds and process for producing phenol

The invention provides processes for producing 2-propanol with higher purity than heretofore possible while suppressing the by-production of impurities. A process of the invention produces 2-propanol by reacting acetone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the process includes reacting a raw material mixture containing water and acetone, with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, and the raw material mixture contains water at 1.2 to 4.0 wt % based on 100 wt % of the total of the water and the acetone.

Process for producing 2-propanol

The process for producing alkylated aromatic compounds includes feeding raw materials including an aromatic compound, a ketone and hydrogen in a gas-liquid downward concurrent flow mode to a fixed-bed reactor packed with a catalyst thereby to produce an alkylated aromatic compound, wherein the catalyst includes a solid acid component and a metal component, the catalyst is loaded in the fixed-bed reactor such that the catalyst forms a catalyst layer, and the reaction gas flow rate defined by Equation (1) below is not less than 0.05 at an entrance of a layer containing the solid acid:&#x3c1;g&#xb7;ug&#xb7;[&#x3c1;air&#xb7;&#x3c1;water/(&#x3c1;g&#xb7;&#x3c1;l)](kgms).

Provided is a process for producing a cycloolefin resin composition, comprising a step of hydrogenating a resin composition. The resin composition before hydrogenation, which is used in the above step, includes 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an unsaturated hydrocarbon compound having a boiling point of 50&#xb0; C. or higher, for example, a monomer employed in polymerization, per 100 parts by weight of the resin composition.

Process for producing cycloolefin resin composition, and cycloolefin resin composition

The present invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition comprising at least a thermoplastic elastomer (a), a photopolymerizable unsaturated monomer (b), and a photopolymerization initiator (c), characterized in that the thermoplastic elastomer (a) comprises at least vinyl aromatic hydrocarbon units, butadiene units, and alkylene units and contains alkylene units not less than 5 wt % and not more than 80 wt % with respect to the total amount of butadiene units and alkylene units. The present invention provides a photosensitive resin composition that simultaneously achieves excellent fine line reproducibility, ester solvent resistance, and prevention of cracks occurring on plate surface.

Photosensitive resin composition

It is an object of the present invention to provide a non-conjugated cyclic diene and a non-conjugated cyclic diene composition which enable the production of a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high degree of polymerization activity, and a method of producing a polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene which makes it possible to produce a (co)polymer at a high degree of polymerization activity. A non-conjugated cyclic diene is used which meets at least one of the following requirements: (1) it contains a compound having a seven-membered cyclic triene hydrocarbon structure in a specific amount or less and (2) it contains a conjugated polyene compound having an eight-membered bicyclic hydrocarbon structure in a specific amount. Also, in a method of producing a non-conjugated cyclic diene polymer, the aforementioned non-conjugated cyclic diene is supplied to the polymerization or copolymerization using an olefin polymerization catalyst containing an organic aluminum oxy compound and/or an ionizing ionic compound. Also, in another method of producing a non-conjugated cyclic diene polymer, a non-conjugated cyclic diene which is obtained by bringing a crude non-conjugated cyclic diene into contact with an alkali and then removing at least a part of a low-boiling point fraction and at least a part of a high-boiling point fraction is used for the polymerization.

Non-conjugated cyclic diene, non-conjugated cyclic diene composition and method of producing polymer based on non-conjugated cyclic diene

A method of terminating a gas phase polymerization of an olefin to be conducted subsequent to producing a polyolefin by feeding a gaseous olefin into a fluidized bed reactor to polymerize the gaseous olefin while holding solid particles containing a catalyst in a fluid state, said method comprising introducing a deactivator in the fluidized bed reactor through at least two deactivator introduction ports of the fluidized bed reactor so as to terminate the gas phase polymerization. The height of the fluidized bed is generally at least 3 m. The deactivator is preferably introduced through deactivator introduction ports disposed at heights Ha=-0.3 D to 0.3 D (a) and Hb=0.3 D to 2.0 D (b) (D is the inside diameter of the fluidized bed reactor (cm)). After the termination of the polymerization, the gas phase polymerization can directly be resumed. Formation of the product during the termination period can be minimized and the gas phase polymerization can rapidly be terminated even if the amount of the deactivator is small. Also, an apparatus which is suitable for the above termination and resumption of gas phase polymerization is provided.

Method of terminating gas phase polymerization of olefin, method of

In a gas phase olefin polymerization, an olefin is continuously fed to a fluid bed reactor in which a metallocene catalyst is present. At least one compound selected from water, alcohols and ketones is added in a specified amount simultaneously with the feeding of the olefin. Thus, an olefin polymer having a satisfactory drop second count index as defined by the below indicated formula is produced: ##EQU1## wherein t.sub.0 and t respectively represent a flow time measured in the flow test according to ASTM D-1775 of the olefin polymer obtained when none of the water, alcohols and ketones is incorporated in the reactor, and when at least one compound of water, alcohols and ketones is incorporated in the reactor. The flowability of the polymer formed in the reactor is excellent, so that blocking, bridging and the like do not occur during the gas phase polymerization. Thus, it is feasible to stably produce a (co)polymer having excellent particle properties in high yield for a prolonged period of time.

Process for gas phase polymerization of olefin

A gas distributor plate provided in a fluidized bed polymerization vessel which effects the gas phase polymerization of olefins, the gas distributor plate exhibiting excellent action for uniformly diffusing the gas flow in the fluidized bed zone. A gas distributor plate has a number of gas passage holes and is provided in a fluidized bed polymerization vessel which effects the gas phase polymerization of olefins, wherein when the inner radius of the straight drum portion of the polymerization vessel is denoted by 1, the holes perforated in the outer peripheral portion of the distributor plate at 0.7 to 1.0 from the center of the straight drum portion have an average diameter which is larger than the average diameter of the holes perforated in the inner peripheral portion of the distributor plate at smaller than 0.7 from said center. This makes it possible to uniformly and stably diffuse the gas flow in the fluidized bed zone in the polymerization vessel, to effectively prevent the formation of a dead zone, as well as to effectively prevent the polymer from adhering onto the wall surfaces of the polymerization vessel.

Gas distributor plate for a gas phase polymerization apparatus

An olefin polymerization catalyst component subjected to successive preliminary polymerization treatment using each of a straight chain alpha-olefin having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and 3-methyl-1-butene; an olefin polymerization catalyst using the olefin polymerization catalyst component; a process for polymerizing olefin(s) which comprises polymerizing or copolymerizing olefin(s) in the presence of the olefin polymerization catalyst; and a film and an injection-molded article of polypropylene which is prepared by the process are also provided.

Olefin polymerization catalyst subjected to preliminary polymerization

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