EXHIBIT 99.1





                             CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT

                                        OF

                           CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION



                   Queeny Chemical Company, a company organized and ex-
         isting under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of
         the State of Delaware.

                   DOES HEREBY CERTIFY:

                   FIRST:  That the Board of Directors of said Company
         adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the fol-
         lowing amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said
         corporation:

                   RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of
                   Queeny Chemical Company be amended by changing
                   Article I thereof so that, as amended, said Article
                   shall be and read as follows:

                   "The name of the company is:  Solutia Inc."

                   SECOND:  That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stock-
         holders, the stockholders have given written consent to said
         amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of
         the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

                   THIRD:  That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted
         in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242
         and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Dela-
         ware.

                   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said Queeny Chemical Company has
         caused this certificate to be signed by R.L. Bishop, its Vice
         President, this 14th day of August, 1997.


                                       QUEENY CHEMICAL COMPANY




                                       By/s/ R.L. Bishop               
                                            R.L. Bishop