Amoco Corporation

Bp Corporation North America Inc.

Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc.

Wilmar Trading Pte Ltd.

Raymond T Behrends, Jr

Howard B Yokelson

Steven Alan Cohen

Gary T Brooks

Paul J Cahill

Philip O Nubel

David P Sinclair

James M Tibbitt

George E Rotter

Stefanos L Sakellarides

Randal J Bernhardt

Jordan R Quinn

Thomas E Snead

Linda A Kunz

James P Nelson

Tessa M Pals

Demond L Gildon

Leslie V Beltran

William G Bouslog

Marifaith Hackett

Methods are provided for refining natural oil feedstocks and producing isomerized esters and acids. The methods comprise providing a C4-C18 unsaturated fatty ester or acid, and isomerizing the fatty acid ester or acid in the presence of heat or an isomerization catalyst to form an isomerized fatty ester or acid. In some embodiments, the methods comprise forming a dibasic ester or dibasic acid prior to the isomerizing step. In certain embodiments, the methods further comprise hydrolyzing the dibasic ester to form a dibasic acid. In certain embodiments, the olefin is formed by reacting the feedstock in the presence of a metathesis catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a metathesized product comprising olefins and esters, separating the olefins from the esters in the metathesized product, and transesterifying the esters in the presence of an alcohol to form a transesterified product having unsaturated esters.

Methods of refining and producing isomerized fatty acid esters and fatty acids from natural oil feedstocks

Monolayer packages comprised of an oxygen scavenging composition suitable for direct contact with package contents and recycle with other polyester bottles are disclosed. The oxygen scavenging composition is comprised of a modified copolymer which is comprised of predominantly polyester segments and an oxygen scavenging amount of oxygen scavenging segments. The polyester segments comprise segments derived from typical bottling and packaging polyesters such as PET and PEN. Use of these oxygen scavenging copolymers in bottles provides a clear and rigid monolayer bottle similar in appearance to unmodified polyester bottles. In a series of preferred embodiments, bottles fabricated with the oxygen scavenging copolymers of this invention are over 99 wt % PET and contain less than 50 ppb of extractable components.

Oxygen scavenging monolayer bottles

A hydrophobic polyurethane elastomer composition is disclosed containing a linear soft segment without pendant chain branched groups, wherein said polyurethane elastomer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than -70.degree. C. and a moisture uptake of less than 1.0 wt. % after 24 hours of immersion in water at 70.degree. C., and wherein said polyurethane elastomer comprises at least one repeat unit containing said linear soft segment, which soft segment comprises a moiety derived from a polyol of the structure:

Polyurethane elastomers prepared from difunctional telechelic linear

This invention relates to a process for preparation of non-crosslinked linear monofunctional and telechelic difunctional unsaturated polymers wherein the functional groups are reactive terminal groups other than vinyl groups. The average functionality number of the monofunctional unsaturated polymers is at least 0.7, as determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR). The average functionality number of the telechelic difunctional polymers is at least 1.7, as determined by NMR. Monofunctional olefins and difunctional olefins are reacted with cyclic olefins or unsaturated polymers to prepare difunctional polymers. The process is substantially free of side reactions comprising double bond migration and cyclization. The unsaturated functional polymers can be reacted in condensation, addition and transesterification reactions to prepare polyesters, graft copolymers, polyurethanes, polyureas, polyamides, thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, block copolymers, ion exchange resins, adhesives, films, fibers, foams and flocculants.

Process for preparing linear monofunctional and telechelic difunctional

Solution spun fiber obtained from resin comprising an amide-imide polymer having repeating units of the following general formula: ##STR1## wherein the fiber has tenacity of at least about 1.5 grams per denier, and elongation of at least about 10%.

Amide-imide heat-resistant fiber

Fiber grade resin, fiber obtained therefrom, and fiber-containing articles wherein the resin comprises an amide-imide polymer having repeating units of the following general formula: ##STR1## said resin having an inherent viscosity of from about 0.3 to about 1.3 dl/g; an M.sub.n of at least about 5000 g/mole; a ratio of M.sub.w /M.sub.n in the range of from about 1.7 to about 3.3; and a ratio of M.sub.z /M.sub.w of not greater than about 2.3

Amide-imide resin for production of heat-resistant fiber

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Lombard, IL, United States of America

Raymond T Behrends, Jr