Monsanto Company

Roger L Kidwell

Chung Y Shen

Gary J Lynch

Dennis A Ruest

A process which comprises contacting a zirconium compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein Cp is a .pi.-cyclopentadienyl radical and each Cp can be the same or different,

Preparation of acyl chlorides

Terminal olefin is prepared by bringing together (1) a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein Cp is a .pi.-cyclopentadienyl radical, R is terminal alkyl and X is an essentially non-interfering monovalent entity, and (2) a mono-olefin having a carbon skeleton different from that of R under reaction conditions to displace R from (1) by (2). This process is especially useful in isomerization of internal olefins to the corresponding terminal olefins.

Terminal olefin preparation

Novel imide carboxylates, O-carboxylates thereof, and amide carboxylates are useful as intermediates for preparation of sequestrant compounds.

Amide carboxylates

Morpholenone derivatives

Chloromethyl ether impurities are removed from alkylbenzyl chlorides containing the same by treatment with an aqueous base.

Process for removal of chloromethyl ether impurities from alkylbenzyl

This invention relates to methods for rapidly producing beta hydroxy ethylene glycol ethers by reacting internal epoxyalkanes with mono or poly ethylene glycols in the presence of critical amounts of acidic catalysts under controlled temperature conditions.

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Kirkwood, MO, United States of America

Roger L Kidwell