Mepiquat chloride is formed from the reaction between N-methylpiperidine and chloromethane in an anhydrous liquid solvent selected from the group consisting of acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, toluene, tetrahydrofuran, isopropanol, acetonitrile, N,N-dimethylformamide and methylene chloride in the absence of sodium hydroxide. Mepiquat chloride precipitates as a solid of high purity and is recovered under a substantially moisture-free atmosphere. The solid mepiquat chloride can be sealed into a water...

An acid chloride, bicyclo[2,2,2]oct-7ene-(2.alpha.,3.beta.,5.alpha.,6.beta.)tetracarbonyl chloride (C.sub.12 H.sub.8 O.sub.4 Cl.sub.4) represented by the following formula: ##STR1##

Esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids are used as plasticisers for polyvinyl chloride to enable products with comparable mechanical properties to be obtained using less polyvinyl chloride. Use of these esters also produces formulations with increased stability to ultra-violet light, improved low temperature properties, lower viscosity and improved processability as well as reduced smoke on burning. The esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may be used alone or in admixture with other p...

Disclosed is a novel use of a prostaglandin compound as a chloride channel opener. According to the instant invention, chloride channels in a mammalian subject can be opened by a prostaglandin compound to facilitate chloride ion transportation.

Esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids are used as plasticisers for polyvinyl chloride to enable products with comparable mechanical properties to be obtained using less polyvinyl chloride. Use of these esters also produces formulations with increased stability to ultra-violet light, improved low temperature properties, lower viscosity and improved processability as well as reduced smoke on burning. The esters of cyclohexane polycarboxylic acids may be used alone or in admixture with other p...

The invention relates to supports comprising inorganic oxide particles coated with magnesium chloride and a method for making them. The inorganic oxide has a mean particle diameter of less than 5 microns and is used as a seed to crystallize magnesium chloride from solution. The magnesium chloride-coated inorganic oxide is useful for supporting transition metal compounds; the supported transition metal compounds are used as catalysts for polymerizing olefins.

The invention relates to a novel process for preparing phthaloyl chloride (benzene-1,2-dicarbonyl chloride) by reacting phthalic anhydride with phosgene in the presence of a specific N,N-disubstituted formamide as a catalyst.

A system for recovering methylene chloride from an aqueous waste stream is disclosed. The system includes a distillation unit, at least one heat transfer unit, receptacles for methylene chloride and waste product, a temperature probe and a controller configured to selectively divert product flow from the distillation unit to either of the receptacles or to a recycle line back to the distillation unit depending upon the temperature measured by the probe. Also disclosed is a related process of rec...

The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of pivaloyl chloride and of aroyl chloride, in particular of benzoyl chloride, which consists in reacting pivalic acid with a trichloromethylated aromatic compound in the presence of a catalyst at a temperature of between 60.degree. C. and 180.degree. C. under reduced pressure. The products formed are continuously removed from the reaction region, the hydrogen chloride formed being treated in a washing region in which a trichlorom...

The present invention provides a vinyl chloride resin composition having excellent mechanical properties. The vinyl chloride resin composition comprises a chlorinated polyolefin and a resin composition containing a vinyl chloride resin and a polyolefin resin, in which 1 to 30 parts by weight of the chlorinated polyolefin is included relative to 100 parts by weight of the resin composition including 50 to 99 parts by weight of the vinyl chloride resin containing 0 to 50% by weight of a plasticize...