Henkel Corporation

National Distillers and Chemical Corporation

Cognis Corporation

Emery Oleochemicals Gmbh

Stephen W Turner

Charles W Blewett

Patrick M McCurry, Jr

Jay William Landwehr

Mark Elliot Durchholz

Carl Pickens

Thomas Chad Walker

Douglas Da Silva Rosa

Robert P Ribelin

A process for purifying a dicarboxylic acid that is derived from the mixed oxidation products from an ozonization of a mixture containing an ethylenically unsaturated compound having between 6 to 24 carbons, the process includes distilling the mixed oxidation products to provide a first distillate, and a second distillate, where the second distillate includes the dicarboxylic acid and impurity acids, partitioning the second distillate between water and a organic solvent, separating the organic solvent layer from the water layer, lowering the temperature of the water layer to crystallize at least a portion of the dicarboxylic acid, separating the crystallized dicarboxylic acid solid, melting the crystallized dicarboxylic acid, and distilling the liquid dicarboxylic acid to provide a purified dicarboxylic acid.

Method of purifying a dicarboxylic acid

Processes for purifying compounds are disclosed which include reacting (i) a mixture of at least one tocopherol compound or sterol compound, and an alcohol having from about 10 to 30 carbons with (i) one or more boron-containing compounds to form a second mixture of orthoborate esters, wherein the mole ratio of tocopherol, sterol and alcohol to boron is at least about 2.5:1; heating the second mixture to form a residue containing the orthoborate esters; contacting the residue with a compound capable of solvolyzing the orthoborate esters to form a third mixture including the boron-containing compound(s), the alcohol and the tocopherol and/or sterol compound(s); and recovering the tocopherol and/or sterol compound(s). Another process for purifying such compounds includes an activated carbon treatment, which may alternatively follow the other process steps; formation of borate esters; heating to remove low boiling point components; formation of a residue comprising the borate esters; contacting the residue with a compound capable of solvolyzing the borate esters; and separation of the remaining components. Compositions including mixtures of alkyl/tocopherol/sterol orthoborate esters are also disclosed.

Processes for the purification of tocopherol and/or sterol compounds and compositions containing orthoborate ester mixtures

Carboxylic acids, particularly dicarboxylic acids, are separated from a fermentation broth by adjusting the pH of the fermentation broth to about 2.0 or below, and then heating the broth to a temperature sufficient to cause formation of three immiscible phases, one of which is an organic phase containing the carboxylic acids.

Separation and purification of carboxylic acids from fermentation broths

A process for the preparation of a mixture of trimethylolpropane caprylate and trimethylolpropane caprate comprising the steps of

Process for the preparation of trimethylolpropane caprylate/caprate

This invention provides a process for preparing an oligomer of at least one polyunsaturated aliphatic C.sub.12-22 monocarboxylic acid ester in the presence of boron trifluoride resulting in a high yield or predominantly trimeric product which, upon hydrolysis, affords a high yield of polybasic, predominantly trimeric, acids. This invention further provides such a process with excellent recovery of the boron trifluoride.

Process for the production of polybasic acid esters with recovery of

A process for recovering fatty materials, such as fatty acids and lower alkyl esters thereof, from supported nickel catalyst compositions is provided. For the process, the supported nickel catalyst composition, which may also contain non-nickel containing clays/earths, is extracted with a supercritical fluid, preferably supercritical carbon dioxide, to separate the fatty material from the supported nickel catalyst composition.

Process for separating fatty materials from supported nickel catalysts

A process is provided whereby the dimer fraction obtained from a boron trifluoride catalyzed oligomerization process is reacted with an .alpha.-olefin in the presence of a phosphoric acid-modified boron trifluoride catalyst to produce higher oligomeric products typically having viscosities (210.degree. F.) in the 4 to 8 centistoke range.

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Hamilton, OH, United States of America

Stephen W Turner