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Scheme 2. Lorcaserin synthesis via the Friedel-Crafts reactions. Process Chemistry...

Fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) sulphonation Summary sulphonation reaction process chemistry... 

The reaction involving chlorite and iodide ions in the presence of malonic acid, the CIMA reaction, is another that supports oscillatory behaviour in a batch system (the chlorite-iodide reaction being a classic clock system the CIMA system also shows reaction-diffusion wave behaviour similar to the BZ reaction, see section A3.14.4). The initial reactants, chlorite and iodide are rapidly consumed, producing CIO2 and I2 which subsequently play the role of reactants . If the system is assembled from these species initially, we have the CDIMA reaction. The chemistry of this oscillator is driven by the following overall processes, with the empirical rate laws as given ... 

In addition to the Hquid—Hquid reaction processes, there are many cases in both analytical and industrial chemistry where the main objective of separation is achieved by extraction using a chemical extractant. The technique of dissociation extraction is very valuable for separating mixtures of weakly acidic or basic organic compounds such as 2,4-dichlorophenol [120-83-2] and 2,5-dichlorophenol [583-78-8] which are difficult to separate by... 

Two Other chemical processes that rely on hydrothermal processing chemistry are wet oxidation and supercritical water oxidation (SCWO). The former process was developed in the late 1940s and early 1950s (3). The primary, initial appHcation was spent pulp (qv) mill Hquor. Shordy after its inception, the process was utilized for the treatment of industrial and municipal sludge. Wet oxidation is a term that is used to describe all hydrothermal oxidation processes carried out at temperatures below the critical temperature of water (374°C), whereas SCWO reactions take place above this temperature. 

Reaction measurement studies also show that the chemistry is often not a simple one-step reaction process (37). There are usually several key intermediates, and the reaction is better thought of as a network of series and parallel steps. Kinetic parameters for each of the steps can be derived from the data. The appearance of these intermediates can add to the time required to achieve a desired level of total breakdown to the simple, thermodynamically stable products, eg, CO2, H2O, or N2. 

Causticization, the reaction of hydrated lime [1305-62-0], Ca(OH)2, with sodium carbonate to regenerate sodium hydroxide and precipitate calcium carbonate, is an important part of the Bayer process chemistry. 

Alternatives to the methyl chloride dkect process have been reviewed (31). Processes to make phenyl and ethyl siUcones have employed dkect-process chemistry. Phenyl chloride has been used in place of methyl chloride to make phenylchlorosilanes (15). In addition, phenylchlorosilanes are produced by the reaction of benzene, HSiCl, and BCl (17,31). EthylsiUcones have been made primarily in the CIS, where the dkect process is carried out with ethyl chloride in place of methyl chloride (32). Vinyl chloride can also be used in the dkect process to produce vinylchlorosilanes (31). Alternative methods for making vinylchlorosilanes include reaction of vinyl chloride with HSiCl or the platinum-catalyzed hydrosilylation of acetjdene with HSiCl. ... 

Snia Viscosa. Catalytic air oxidation of toluene gives benzoic acid (qv) in ca 90% yield. The benzoic acid is hydrogenated over a palladium catalyst to cyclohexanecarboxyhc acid [98-89-5]. This is converted directiy to cmde caprolactam by nitrosation with nitrosylsulfuric acid, which is produced by conventional absorption of NO in oleum. Normally, the reaction mass is neutralized with ammonia to form 4 kg ammonium sulfate per kilogram of caprolactam (16). In a no-sulfate version of the process, the reaction mass is diluted with water and is extracted with an alkylphenol solvent. The aqueous phase is decomposed by thermal means for recovery of sulfur dioxide, which is recycled (17). The basic process chemistry is as follows ... 

The integral film format required different processing chemistry and film components from those used previously. The processed film unit needed to contain all of the reaction products along with the final color image. Polaroid followed the original SX-70 film with Time-Zero SX-70 film (1979), 600 film (1981), Spectra film (1986), and 600 Plus film (1988). 

AH ethylene oxide direct-oxidation plants are based on the original process chemistry discovered by Lefort in 1931 (7,8). The main reaction is as follows ... 

Reactive Chemicals Reviews The process chemistry is reviewed for evidence of exotherms, shock sensitivity, and other insta-bihty, with emphasis on possible exothermic reactions. It is especially important to consider pressure effects— Pressure blows up people, not temperature The pumose of this review is to prevent unexpected and uncontrolled chemical reactions. Reviewers should be knowledgeable people in the field of reactive chemicals and include people from loss prevention, manufacturing, and research. 

Frequently a piece of equipment is used in different processes during its lifecycle. This could result in process conditions that exceed the safe operating limits of the equipment. Equipment inspection may provide a poor prediction of the equipment s useful life and reliability, due to the change of material handled or change in process chemistry over the life of equipment. Batch operations are also characterized by frequent start-up and shut-down of equipment. This can lead to accelerated equipment aging and may lead to equipment failure. This chapter presents issues and concerns related to the safe design, operation, and maintenance of various pieces of equipment in batch reaction systems, and provides potential solutions. 

Process chemistry issues and their effects on batch reaction systems safety are presented in Table 2, beginning on page 11. This table is meant to be illustrative but not comprehensive. 

Computer simulation techniques offer the ability to study the potential energy surfaces of chemical reactions to a high degree of quantitative accuracy [4]. Theoretical studies of chemical reactions in the gas phase are a major field and can provide detailed insights into a variety of processes of fundamental interest in atmospheric and combustion chemistry. In the past decade theoretical methods were extended to the study of reaction processes in mesoscopic systems such as enzymatic reactions in solution, albeit to a more approximate level than the most accurate gas-phase studies. 

Basic process chemistry using less hazardous materials and chemical reactions offers the greatest potential for improving inherent safety in the chemical industry. Alternate chemistry may use less hazardous raw material or intermediates, reduced inventories of hazardous materials, or less severe processing conditions. Identification of catalysts to enhance reaction selectivity or to allow desired reactions to be carried out at a lower temperature or pressure is often a key to development of inherently safer chemical synthesis routes. Some specific examples of innovations in process chemistry which result in inherently safer processes include ... 

The completeness of the information described in Steps 1 to 9 prior to the review will determine the quality of the inherent safety review. The chemist needs to define the desired reactions, and to develop an understanding of potential side reactions. Effects on reaction chemistry need to be developed for mischarges or process deviations. These information requirements on process chemistry are discussed in Section 4.2. 

The information to be compiled about the chemicals, including process intermediates, needs to be comprehensive enough for an accurate assessment of the fire and explosion characteristics, reactivity hazards, the safety and health hazards to workers, and the corrosion and erosion effects on the process equipment and monitoring tools. Current material safety data sheet (MSDS) information can be used to help meet this requirement but must be supplemented with process chemistry information, including runaway reaction and over-pressure hazards, if applicable. 

The growth of a child, the production of polymers from petroleum, and the digestion of food are all the outcome of chemical reactions, processes by which one or more substances are converted into other substances. This type of process is a chemical change. The starting materials are called the reactants and the substances formed are called the products. The chemicals available in a laboratory are called reagents. In this section, we see how to use the symbolic language of chemistry to describe chemical reactions. 

The complex Pd-(-)-sparteine was also used as catalyst in an important reaction. Two groups have simultaneously and independently reported a closely related aerobic oxidative kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols. The oxidation of secondary alcohols is one of the most common and well-studied reactions in chemistry. Although excellent catalytic enantioselective methods exist for a variety of oxidation processes, such as epoxidation, dihydroxy-lation, and aziridination, there are relatively few catalytic enantioselective examples of alcohol oxidation. The two research teams were interested in the metal-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones and became involved in extending the scopes of these oxidations to asymmetric catalysis. 

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This initial medicinal chemistry ELN was followed into the market by products such as the Arthur suite from Synthematix and the iELN system from Intellichem (both since acquired by Symyx), which were more oriented at reaction planning and process chemistry. The heavyweight of the traditional cheminformatics companies, Elsevier MDL, also released a system, called Elan, which combined a Word-based front end with their well-known ISIS chemical technology on the back end (Fig. 9.3). 

The versatile IR method may be extended to extremes of both temperature and pressure as a probe of adsorption and reaction processes on surfaces. The extension of IR spectroscopy to the study of weakly-bound surface species at low temperatures opens up the possibility of stabilization of transient surface species which are Involved in surface chemistry at high temperatures. 

In order to probe the influence of Au and KOAc on the vinyl acetate synthesis chemistry, four different catalysts were synthesized. All of these catalysts were prepared in a manner exemplified in prior patent technology [Bissot, 1977], and each contained the same palladium loading in an egg-shell layer on the surface of a spherical silica support. The palladium content in the catalyst was easily controlled by adjusting the solution strength of palladium chloride (PdClj) added to the porous silica beads prior to its precipitation onto the support by reaction with sodium metasilicate (Na SiOj). The other two catalyst components (Au and KOAc) were either present or absent in order to complete the independent evaluation of their effect on the process chemistry, e.g., (1) Pd-i-Au-hKOAc, (2) Pd-i-KOAc, (3) Pd-hAu, and (4) Pd only. 

Catalysis at interfaces between two immiscible liquid media is a rather wide topic extensively studied in various fields such as organic synthesis, bioenergetics, and environmental chemistry. One of the most common catalytic processes discussed in the literature involves the transfer of a reactant from one phase to another assisted by ionic species referred to as phase-transfer catalyst (PTC). It is generally assumed that the reaction process proceeds via formation of an ion-pair complex between the reactant and the catalyst, allowing the former to transfer to the adjacent phase in order to carry out a reaction homogeneously [179]. However, detailed comparisons between interfacial processes taking place at externally biased and open-circuit junctions have produced new insights into the role of PTC [86,180]. 

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