* GERMANY: BASF has started production in the plant extension used to manufacture
methanesulfonic acid in Ludwigshafen.
"All the little plants of the sea--the phytoplankton--bloom, and they release a chemical that eventually becomes
methanesulfonic acid, or MSA, into the atmosphere.
Liquefaction of pine bark using phenol and lower alcohols with
methanesulfonic acid catalyst.
The short functionalized nanotubes are copolymerized with the rigid-rod-polyazole blocks in a strong acid, such as sulfuric acid or
methanesulfonic acid, that is capable of dissolving both reactants without degradation.
Select C(alpha), O-oximes, such as 3,4-dimethoxyacetophenone or 3,4- dimethylacetophenone oxime, were dilithiated in excess LDA, followed by condensation with ethyl oxanilates to afford C-acylated intermediates that can be cyclized directly with dilute hydrochloric acid/THF, or isolated and separately acid-cyclized to 5- isoxazolecarboxamides using
methanesulfonic acid and a water trap.