A process for producing oxalic acid, sodium oxalate or mixtures thereof comprises treating crude sodium oxalate solids or slurry, such as produced by the Bayer process in treating bauxite. The crude sodium oxalate solids or slurry include at least aluminum metal ions as well as other metal ions common to the Bayer process. The removal process comprises: dissolving the crude sodium oxalate in an aqueous solution to form a solution of sodium oxalate; separating insolubles from the solution; passin...

A process for preparing high molecular weight aryl alkyl polymers is disclosed, wherein oxalic acid and paraphenylene diisocyanate are reacted in substantially stoichiometric amounts in a polar, aprotic anhydrous organic solvent at a temperature which is raised progressively at a rate of about 1 to about 5.degree.C per minute from a lower temperature of about 0.degree. to 30.degree. C to a higher temperature of about 80.degree. to about 150.degree.C in the presence of, at least when the viscosit...

Compounds are provided which are useful as light stabilizers for polymeric materials and which have the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.4 are organic radicals, R.sub.3 and R.sub.15 are hydrogen or organic radicals and R is hydrogen, oxygen or an organic radical.

Disclosed are novel wet strength resins for paper. The resins are produced by reacting an epihalohydrin, such as epichlorohydrin, with a polyaminopolyamide derived by reacting methylbisaminopropylamine with oxalic acid or mixture containing oxalic acid and one or more different saturated dicarboxylic acids or their esters.

The present invention provides a process for protecting organic materials which may be damaged by exposure to ultraviolet rays, from damage by ultraviolet irradiation, characterized in that an oxalic acid diamide derivative is incorporated with or applied to the surface of the materials to be protected or in front of said materials a filter layer is placed that contains such oxalic acid diamide derivative of the formula: Ar.sub.1 --NH--CO--CO--B.sub.1 in which Ar.sub.1 represents a benzene or na...

Disclosed are novel wet strength resins for paper, said resins being derived by reacting an epihalohydrin, such as epichlorohydrin, with a polyamino-copolyamide derived by reacting methylbisaminopropylamine with (a) a diester of oxalic acid and (b) a diester of a saturated dicarboxylic acid containing at least 4 carbon atoms, the mole ratio of (a) to (b) being from about 0.25:1 to about 10:1.

In a process for preparing a diester of oxalic acid by the vapor phase catalytic reaction of carbon monoxide with an ester of nitrous acid in the presence of a catalyst composed of a solid carrier and a platinum-group metal or a salt thereof supported on the carrier, the improvement wherein said solid carrier is alumina having a specific surface area of not more than 90 m.sup.2 /g.

A process for preparing powder of high temperature oxide superconductors of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O type. In an aqueous solution of nitrate salts of Bi, Pb, Sr, Ca, and Cu metals, an appropriate ratio of triethylamine/oxalic acid was added to form a coprecipitate. Through the process of calcination at a temperature in the range of 750.degree. C. to 800.degree. C. and sintering at a temperature of 860.degree. C., a uniform and fine powder superconductive metal oxide having a critical temperature of 110K...