American Cyanamid Company

Ray Leonard Hillard

Norma A Weston

William Baptist Hardy

Vincent Gerard Grosso

Irwin D Greene

A water-miscible, non-hydroxylic, organic solvent is employed in the production of 2,5-dimethyl-1,4: 3,6-dianhydrosorbitol by methylation of 1,4: 3,6-dianhydrosorbitol with dimethyl sulfate.

Process for the preparation of 2,5-dimethyl-1,4: 3,6-dianhydrosorbitol

Aryl esters of 3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid are produced by reacting 3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid with a hydroxyphenol in the presence of di-n-butylether as a non-reactive, organic solvent.

Process for the preparation of aryl esters of

Compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), R' is hydrogen, hydroxyl or lower alkoxy (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8); R' is alkyl (C.sub.1 -C.sub.20), alkylene (C.sub.2 -C.sub.12), cycloalkyl, wherein the alicyclic ring contains 5- or 6-carbon atoms, cycloalkylene, wherein the alicyclic ring may contain lower alkyl substituents, alkenyl (C.sub.3 -C.sub.20), arylene or aralkylene; n is an integer from 1 to 4, are useful for stabilizing polyolefin polymer against photo and thermal degradation.

Light and heat stabilizers for polyolefins

Mono- and poly [dialkyl or dicycloalkylphosphonylmethyl] aromatic carbocyclic compounds are prepared by reacting an appropriately substituted secondary phosphine with formaldehyde, reacting the resultant dialkyl or dicyclohydroxymethylphosphine with an appropriately substituted halomethyl aromatic compound and oxidizing the resultant secondary phosphine.

Method for the preparation of mono- or poly [dialkyl or

In a solution that is free of bases and free of oxygen and which contains at least four molar proportions of the reactant tris(hydroxymethyl)phosphine for every three molar proportions of an aralkyl halide reactant, the following reaction produces tris(aralkyl)phosphine product:

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