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Paul Grafen

Harald Laas

Bernhard Bockstiegel

Kai-Uwe Baldenius

Horst Hartmann

Bernhard Schulz

Wolfram Burst

Wulf Kaiser

Hans-Ulrich Scholz

Horst Schumacher

Joachim Paust

Hagen Jaedicke

Franz J Broecker

Hans Kiefer

Manfred Eggersdorfer

Joachim Meyer

Sigberg Pfohl

Joachim U Schneider

Wolfgang Bewert

Lothar Arnold

Ulrich Hoercher

Gerhard Schwarz

Hans Grassner

Barbara Jessel

Rainer Lowack

Henning Kroesche

Werner Reif

A reflection column which contains liquid distributors having at least 500 drip points/m , which are arranged at an angle of about 90&deg; C. to cloth layers of packing elements located immediately therebelow; and a combination of insulation and protective heating. The column is advantageously used for the rectification of mixtures of high-boiling air- or temperature-sensitive substances requiring effective separation efficiency.

Rectification column for isolating pure substances from high boiling air-and/or temperature sensitive substances

Process for isolation of pure substances from mixtures of high-boiling

Cloth or cloth-like packing which is subject to low pressure losses and

A process for preparing .alpha.-tocopherol or tocopheryl acetate by cyclocondensation of trimethylhydroquinone with phytol or isophytol in the presence of an acid catalyst and of a solvent and, where appropriate, subsequent acetylation, which comprises carrying out the cyclocondensation and, where appropriate, the subsequent acetylation in liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide as solvent.

Preparation of alpha-tocopherol and alpha-tocopheryl acetate in liquid

Preparation of vitamin E

Pulverulent products composed of a water-insoluble core substance and of a protective covering, are obtainable by

Pulverulent products composed of a water-insoluble core substance and of

Palladium catalysts can be obtained by vapor depositing metallic palladium on a carrier, treating the palladium coating with a metallic inhibitor by vapor deposition, and heating the product at from 300.degree. to 800.degree. C., and can be used for the partial hydrogenation of triple bonds to olefinic double bonds.

Palladium catalyst

2,3,5-Trimethyl-p-benzoquinone is prepared by oxidation of trimethylphenol with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst containing a copper(II) halide in a two-phase reaction medium consisting of water and an aliphatic alcohol at elevated temperatures by a process in which the reaction is carried out in a mixture of water and a saturated aliphatic alcohol of 12 to 18 carbon atoms, having a flashpoint greater than 120.degree. C., such as 1-dodecanol, 1-tetradecanol, 1-hexadecanol or 1-octadecanol, in particular 1-dodecanol, and at from 60.degree. to 100.degree. C. Particularly good yields of TMQ are obtained if the reaction is carried out in the presence of a copper(II) halide, such as CuCl.sub.2 or CuBr.sub.2, and of an alkaline earth metal halide, in particular CaCl.sub.2 or MgCl.sub.2, or of an alkali metal halide, in particular LiCl or NaCl, as the catalyst system.

Preparation of 2,3,5-trimethyl-p-benzoquinone

A process for pulverizing substances which are sensitive to oxidation, in particular oily substances, by dispersing oil-soluble substances, e.g. vitamins, carotinoids, pharmaceutically active compounds or aromas, in an aqueous solution of a film-forming colloid, which constitutes the continuous phase of the dispersion, with the addition of one or more substances from the group comprising the mono-, di- and polysaccharides, atomizing the dispersion, in a spray tower, in the presence of a spraying assistant and collecting the resulting particles in a fluidized bed, wherein, as the spraying auxiliary, a hydrophobic silica or a metal salt of a higher fatty acid is introduced above the fluidized bed and distributed uniformly in the spraying space, at a temperature at which the colloid of the atomized particles has not yet solidified, and the assistant-laden particles, colloid material of which essentially has not yet gelatinized, is collected in a fluidized bed, and dried therein in a conventional manner.

Production of dry powders of substances which are sensitive to oxidation

A process for treating residues which result from the Wittig synthesis of olefins and which consist principally of methanol, triphenylphosphine oxide, salts and organic by-products, by steam-stripping the volatile constituents, with partial condensation of the steam, and separating the resulting aqueous-organic mixture at 80.degree.-100.degree. C. into a saline aqueous phase and an organic phase containing principally triphenylphosphine oxide. Using this process provides a simple method of freeing, from triphenylphosphine oxide and other organic impurities, the effluent from syntheses which result in the formation of triphenylphosphine oxide, and thereby on the one hand substantially facilitates the purification of the effluent and on the other hand provides a simple method of recovering the triphenylphosphine oxide. The latter compound, which is easily purified by distillation or recrystallization, can then be used, for example, to prepare the triphenylphosphine required for Wittig syntheses or to prepare the triphenylphosphine dichloride required for the synthesis of pesticides.

Treatment of methanolic-aqueous residues from syntheses employing

In the manufacture of tocopherol (vitamin E) by reaction of isophytol with trimethylhydroquinone in the presence of zinc chloride and acid in a hydrocarbon solvent one of the starting compounds, isophytol, is pretreated with small amounts of ammonia or an amine. Tocopherol is obtained in higher yield and purity.

Manufacture of tocopherol

Aqueous solutions of polyenyltriarylphosphonium salts are prepared from solutions of the corresponding polyenyltriarylphosphonium salts in organic solvents by driving off the solvent with steam, part of the steam being allowed to condense. Some of the said triarylphosphonium salts may be used directly as pesticides while others are used as intermediates for organic syntheses, especially in the carotinoid field.

Preparation of aqueous solutions or fine aqueous dispersions of

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