Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 08/06

20060189815 - Quality of crude oils and fats and recovery of minor components: The present invention discloses a process for the recovery of minor components from oils and fats without destroying the natural components and simultaneously improving the quality of vegetable oils and fats....

20060189816 - Product: A process of purifying citalopram, either in racemic or enantiomeric form, which process comprises (i) providing a crude mixture comprising citalopram, either in racemic or enantiomeric form, dissolved in a water immiscible organic solvent, and which mixture also includes one or more citalopram derivatives which are present as citalopram impurities;...

20060183921 - Pharmaceutically active compounds and methods of use: New fused thiophene compounds are provided and methods of using those compounds for a variety of therapeutic indications. Compounds of the invention are particularly useful for treatment of neuropathic pain....

20060183922 - Cb2-selective cannabinoid derivatives: Cannabinoid derivatives that exhibit specificity for the CB2 cannabinoid receptor are provided. The analogues are tetrahydrocannabinols and hydroxyhexahydrocannabinols, and are useful for the treatment of pain, inflammation, and cancer....

20060183923 - Heteroaryl-containing isoflavones as aromatase inhibitors: wherein X is selected from O, N, S, SO, SO2, and S(CH2)n, wherein n=1-10; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and are selected from H, OH, OCH3, OCH2CH3, OCH2C6H5, NH2, NHCH3, N(CH3)2, CH3, CH2CH3, CH2CH2CH3, CH(CH3)2, C(CH3)3, NO2, F, Cl, Br, CF3, SH, SCH3, SCH2CH3, OCOCH3, OCOC(CH3)3,...

20060183924 - Processes for the 3,3-dialkylation of 4-chromanones: The present invention relates to methods for the preparation of 3,3-dialky 4-chromanones, and particularly to the preparation of 6-fluoro-3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-chromen-4-one and 3,3-dimethyl-2,3-dihydro-4H-chromen-4-one. In some embodiments, the processes include reaction of a 4-chromanone compound with an alkyl halide in the presence of a metal alkoxide at low temperature....

20060183925 - Process for the preparation of a cyano-isobenzofuran: A process for the preparation of citalopram and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts therof is disclosed by reacting 5-cyanophthalide with a 4-fluorophenyl magnesium halide, reducing the 3-hydroxymethyl-4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)benzonitrile with an agent reducing ketones to alcohols, submitting the thus-obtained 3-hydroxymethyl-4-[(4-fluorophenyl)hydroxymethyl) benzonitrile to a cyclization reaction to give 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-5isobenzofurancarbonitrile without 1,1-bis(4-fluorophenyl)-1,3-dihydro-5-isobenzofurancarbonitrile and treating 1,1-bis(4...

20060183926 - Process for producing cumene: A process for producing cumene, which comprises supplying cumyl alcohol and hydrogen to a dehydration catalyst to obtain a mixture containing α-methyl styrene and water produced and hydrogen, and supplying the mixture to a hydrogenation catalyst....

20060183927 - Ethylene oxide plant operation: In an ethylene oxide process, the stripping and reabsorption operations, normally carried out in separate vessels, are carried out in a single vessel which is divided by a baffle into separate sections where reabsorption and stripping are carried out....

20060173196 - Process for preparation of isochroman and derivatives thereof: P

20060173197 - Niobium-doped vanadium/phosphorus mixed oxide catalyst: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a modified vanadium/phosphorus mixed oxide catalyst for the partial oxidation of n-butane to maleic anhydride. The catalyst comprises vanadyl pyrophosphate as main component and niobium as a promoter element in an amount corresponding to an atomic ratio of vanadium to niobiurn in...

20060173198 - Synthesis of dimeric, trimeric, tetrameric, pentameric, and higher oligomeric epicatechin-derived procyanidins having 4beta,8-interflavan linkages and their use to inhibit cancer cell growth through cell cycle arrest: Various processes are disclosed for preparing protected epicatechin oligomers having (4β,8)-interflavan linkages. In one process, a tetra-O-protected epicatechin monomer or oligomer is coupled with a protected, C-4 activated epicatechin monomer in the presence of an acidic clay such as a mortmorillonite clay. In another process, a 5,7,3′,4′-benzyl protected or a...

20060173199 - Method of preparation of heterocyclic molecules with pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical excipient, cosmeceutical, agrochemical and industrial uses: Processes for preparing racemic and optically pure 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans of formulae H, I, N and O are described. These compounds may be further transformed into compounds of formulae J, K, L, M, P, Q, S, T, U, V, Y and Z with potential pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical excipient, cosmeceutical, agrochemical and industrial applications....

20060173200 - Process for producing propylene oxide: A process for producing propylene oxide, includes the steps of reacting propylene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a crystalline titanosilicate catalyst having a pore structure of a 12-oxygen-membered ring or more in an organic solvent as a medium capable of being separated from water solution, obtaining a reaction...