The invention relates to chemical engineering processes, and more particularly to liquid-phase catalytic methods for producing, in the presence of hydrogen, alkylated para-anisidine for use as a chemical substance or as a gasoline additive for increasing the octane rating of a gasoline. The technical result of the claimed group of inventions is an increase in the yield of N-methyl-para-anisidine and a decrease in the yield of a dimethyl derivative. A method for producing N-methyl-para-anisidine in a liquid phase includes alkylating para-anisidine with formalin as they are separately, simultaneously fed into a mixer disposed in a reactor, directly upstream of a catalytic reduction zone, thus producing an intermediate azomethine, and subsequently reducing same on a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of 20-120 C. in an environment of hydrogen at elevated pressure, and then isolating the target product, N-methyl-para-anisidine.

The invention relates to chemical engineering processes, and more particularly to liquid-phase catalytic methods for producing, in the presence of hydrogen, alkylated para-anisidine for use as a chemical substance or as a gasoline additive for increasing the octane rating of a gasoline. The technical result of the claimed group of inventions is an increase in the yield of N-methyl-para-anisidine and a decrease in the yield of a dimethyl derivative. A method for producing N-methyl-para-anisidine in a liquid phase includes alkylating para-anisidine with formalin as they are separately, simultaneously fed into a mixer disposed in a reactor, directly upstream of a catalytic reduction zone, thus producing an intermediate azomethine, and subsequently reducing same on a hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of 20-120 C. in an environment of hydrogen at elevated pressure, and then isolating the target product, N-methyl-para-anisidine.

Provided are organic metal halide crystals having a 1D nanotube structure. The metal halide crystals may have a unit cell that includes two or more face-sharing metal halide dimers. The metal halide crystals also may include organic cations. Methods of forming metal halide crystals having a 1D nanotube structure also are provided.

Provided are organic metal halide crystals having a 1D nanotube structure. The metal halide crystals may have a unit cell that includes two or more face-sharing metal halide dimers. The metal halide crystals also may include organic cations. Methods of forming metal halide crystals having a 1D nanotube structure also are provided.

Metal-organic framework (MOFs) compositions based on postsynthetic metalation of secondary building unit (SBU) terminal or bridging OH or OH.sub.2 groups with metal precursors or other post-synthetic manipulations are described. The MOFs provide a versatile family of recyclable and reusable single-site solid catalysts for catalyzing a variety of asymmetric organic transformations, including the regioselective boryiation and siiylation of benzyiic CH bonds, the hydrogenation of aikenes, imines, carbonyls, nitroarenes, and heterocycles, hydroboration, hydrophosphination, and cyclization reactions. The solid catalysts can also be integrated into a flow reactor or a supercritical fluid reactor.

Metal-organic framework (MOFs) compositions based on postsynthetic metalation of secondary building unit (SBU) terminal or bridging OH or OH.sub.2 groups with metal precursors or other post-synthetic manipulations are described. The MOFs provide a versatile family of recyclable and reusable single-site solid catalysts for catalyzing a variety of asymmetric organic transformations, including the regioselective boryiation and siiylation of benzyiic CH bonds, the hydrogenation of aikenes, imines, carbonyls, nitroarenes, and heterocycles, hydroboration, hydrophosphination, and cyclization reactions. The solid catalysts can also be integrated into a flow reactor or a supercritical fluid reactor.

The invention provides a non-distillative process for manufacturing amphetamine and substituted amphetamines, comprising obtaining a highly pure phosphoramidate compound, converting the highly pure phosphoramidate compound to an amphetamine sulfate compound, concentrating the amphetamine sulfate compound in isopropanol, and then salting out the amphetamine compound directly to obtain an amphetamine salt, the amphetamine salt selected from amphetamine saccharate, amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine aspartate, alkyl-amphetamine saccharate, alkyl-amphetamine sulfate, alkyl-amphetamine aspartate, aryl-amphetamine saccharate, aryl-amphetamine sulfate, aryl-amphetamine aspartate, and mixtures thereof.

The invention provides a non-distillative process for manufacturing amphetamine and substituted amphetamines, comprising obtaining a highly pure phosphoramidate compound, converting the highly pure phosphoramidate compound to an amphetamine sulfate compound, concentrating the amphetamine sulfate compound in isopropanol, and then salting out the amphetamine compound directly to obtain an amphetamine salt, the amphetamine salt selected from amphetamine saccharate, amphetamine sulfate, amphetamine aspartate, alkyl-amphetamine saccharate, alkyl-amphetamine sulfate, alkyl-amphetamine aspartate, aryl-amphetamine saccharate, aryl-amphetamine sulfate, aryl-amphetamine aspartate, and mixtures thereof.

The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of 1-(2-halogen-ethyl)-4-piperidinecarboxylic acid ethyl esters, in particular of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-4 piperidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester, a versatile synthesis intermediate, particularly useful as an intermediate compound in the synthesis of umeclidinium.

The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of 1-(2-halogen-ethyl)-4-piperidinecarboxylic acid ethyl esters, in particular of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-4 piperidinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester, a versatile synthesis intermediate, particularly useful as an intermediate compound in the synthesis of umeclidinium.