A process is disclosed that relates to the removal of impurities, specifically benzoic acid, from a mother liquor produced in the synthesis of carboxylic acid, typically terephthalic acid.

This invention provides for a process for hydrocarbon conversion in which a partially dehydrated hydrocarbon feedstock is contacted with at least two different molecular sieve materials, including a first molecular sieve having a Si/Al molar ratio of less than about 5 and a second molecular sieve having a Si/Al molar ratio of greater than about 5. Also, this invention includes such processes in which such feedstocks are contacted with a first molecular sieve having pores of at least about 6 Angs...

Disclosed is a compound of having the formula: ##STR00001## pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, wherein the structural variables are as defined herein. The compounds, salts and solvates of this invention are useful as LXR agonists.

This invention relates to processes for producing electron deficient olefins, such as 2-cyanoacrylates, using an iminium salt, and if desired contacting the reaction byproduct with alkali to generate an amine and separating that amine therefrom.

Processes for selectively hydrogenating double and/or triple bonds in organic molecules include providing at least one organic molecule containing a double and/or triple bond, providing at least one hydrogen donor molecule, and hydrogenating the double and/or triple bond in the presence of at least one catalyst. Processes for preparing arylamine molecules include selectively hydrogenating double bonds in arylamine compounds by providing at least one organic molecule containing a multiple bond, p...

The invention provides a process for producing an alcohol, including the step of hydrogenating a glyceride in the presence of a catalyst, adding water, or a process for producing an alcohol, including the step of hydrogenating a glyceride in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of from 0.5 or more of water per mole of the starting glyceride.

The present invention provides compounds having in their molecule a structure contributing to high hydrophilicity, and having high photopolymerizability, as well as polymers of such compounds, and a method for producing the compound. The compounds are diol (meth)acrylate having a urethane bond represented by the formula (1), and cyclic ketal (meth)acrylate having a urethane bond represented by the formula (2): ##STR00001## (R.sub.1: H, --CH.sub.3; R.sub.2: --(CH.sub.2)n-; R.sub.3: --(CH.sub.2)m-...

The present invention relates to an environmentally benign process for the preparation of (S)-.alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)isovalerate from its diastereomeric mixture (RS)-.alpha.-cyano-3-phenoxybenzyl-(S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl) isovalerate.

A process for forming an arylamine compound, including reacting an arylamine and an aryl halide in the presence of a palladium ligated catalyst, a base and a suitable solvent in a microreactor.

The invention enables reduction of catalyst in producing tetrafluorobenzonitrile by decyanation of one cyano group of tetrafluorodicyanobenzene by using a synthetic zeolite, particularly Zeolite 3A, 4A or 5A, in the reaction. Therefore, the invention provides an industrially useful process capable of producing tetrafluorobenzonitrile, a useful agrochemical and drug intermediate, by hydrogenolysis of tetrafluorodicyanobenzene to decyanate one cyano group with the use of catalyst in small amounts.