Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited

Takeshi Yamahara

Shun Inokuma

Mitsuhisa Tamura

Takuo Hibi

Tooru Tokumaru

Hiroshi Yoshihara

Tetsuo Takano

Masashi Araki

Yoshihiro Watanabe

Tomofumi Kawabe

Method of producing tertiary olefins from alkyl tert-alkyl ethers using a catalyst produced by calcining an aluminum compound supported on a carrier containing silicon oxides at a temperature above that at which the aluminum compound decomposes.

Production of tertiary olefins

.alpha.-Amino acids are prepared by catalytically hydrolyzing a hydantoin compound of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are individually hydrogen or an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl group, in the presence of imidazole or a derivative thereof.

Production of alpha-amino acids

Phenols can be produced in a high yield together with useful aldehydes by cleaving a secondary alkylbenzene hydroperoxide in the presence of sulfur, a sulfur oxide or a phosphorus sulfide and then separating the desired phenols from the cleavage product.

Process for producing phenols

The acid amides are produced by a process comprising hydrating a nitrile compound in the presence of a copper-containing polymer having basic nitrogenous groups in the polymer chain or linked with the polymer chain as a catalyst.

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Itami, Japan

Takeshi Yamahara