Solutia,Inc

Solutia, which was a spin off from the Monsanto company (St Louis, MO) in September 1997, has started the process which it hopes will result in its emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The company s management has reorganised the company on the basis of four business lines which include operations which are claimed to have industry-leading positions within their designated markets. 

Solutia is one of the world s largest integrated producers of PA6.6. The integrated PA business accounts for around 5 8 % of Solutia s net sales. Solutia also claims to be the world s largest producer of PVB laminated glazing interlayers, a business which accounts for a further 22% (approximately), of net sales. 

Plastic products, technical products, heat transfer fluids, aviation fluids and pharmaceutical services in total represent some 13% of net sales with the remaining 7%, or so, coming from CPFilms, Solutia s branded aftermarket window films business. 

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The authors would like to thank Solutia, Inc. for permission to publish work that is the basis for a US patent (9). We also wish to thank our numerous colleagues at Solutia for developing the methods and establishing the technology that are the basis for this study. We are indebted to those who have worked for many years to establish this technology as the premier technology for converting nitriles to primary amines. 

Gregory J. Ward and Bryan C. Blanchard, to Solutia Inc., US Patent Application Serial No. 10/327,765, filing date December 23, 2002. 

RRS Engineering SAFER Systems, LLC Shell Chemical Companies Solutia, Inc. 

Figure 3.4 A secondary reformer converts the last of the methane. (Courtesy of Solutia Inc., Luling, LA)...

It was reported independently by three research groups that MFI-type zeolites selectively catalyze the reaction of N20 with benzene to give phenol C6H6 + N20 —> C6H5OH + N2 [93-96]. Fe/ZSM-5 shows remarkable performance in benzene hydroxylation to phenol with N20 as oxidant, which is the first example of a successful gas phase direct phenol synthesis from benzene [97]. No other catalysts show similar high performances to the Fe/ZSM-5 catalyst. At present, iron is the sole element capable of catalyzing the benzene-to-phenol reaction [98]. Direct oxidation of benzene to phenol by N20 has been commercialized in the so-called AlphOx process in Solutia Inc., US A, where N20 is obtained as a by-product in adipic acid production with nitric acid [97, 99, 100] a selectivity >95% to phenol is achieved at >40% conversion at around 4000 C. But the process is cost-effective only if N20 can be obtained cheaply as a by-product in adipic acid production. 

Based on FeZSM-5 zeolites, a new one-step phenol process (the AlphOx) has been developed jointly by Solutia Inc. and the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis [82]. The process was successfully tested with a pilot plant constructed at Solutia facilities in Pensacola (Florida). The process runs in an adiabatic reactor with the parameters shown in Table 7.5. It provides a 97-98% yield of phenol, with 100% N20 conversion per pass and a recycle of benzene. A 1% yield of dihydroxybenzenes (DHB) is also obtained. This valuable by-product is mainly hydroquinone. Periodically, the catalyst is subjected to regeneration by buming-off coke deposits. Its lifetime is 1.5 years. More details on the process are given elsewhere [82, 83],... 

Asrar, J., (Solutia Inc.), Polymer-bound non-halogen fire resistant compositions, U.S. Patent, 1988 5 750 603. 

L. Shannon Davis, Solutia, Inc. I have a question that builds on the previous one. We have talked much in rooms like this at other professional meetings about the impact of critical mass. At what point do you think critical mass will start to begin to impact your schemas ... 

I want to thank Dr. Janet Osteryoung and her colleagues for putting together this workshop it is a timely, very relevant subject. I also want to thank my employer, Solutia, Inc., for allowing me to speak today. 

Shannon Davis, Solutia, Inc. I want to take Barbara up on her challenge. I have hosted a Web site for quite some time for my own personal network, and now I am going to open it up. It is on yahoo.com, and I ll send everyone the address. 

Naresh Dalai, Florida State University Marcetta Y. Darensbourg, Texas A M University Tammy A. Davidson, East Tennessee State University L. Shannon Davis, Solutia, Inc. 

L. Shannon Davis is the director of Industrial Products Technology at Solutia, Inc., a specialty chemicals company. She received her B.S. from Georgia Southern College and her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Florida. She began her career in 1988 at Monsanto s Pensacola, Florida, site as a senior chemist in the nylon intermediates business unit, where she worked on processes for the... 

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