Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 12/06

20060293542 - Process for preparing high-purity, halogen-free o-phthaladehyde: Improved process for preparing high-purity, halogen-free o-phthalaldehyde, in which a) tetrahalo-o-xylene is hydrolyzed at a temperature of 155-160° C. and a pressure of from 2 to 5 bar, where appropriate in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst, to o-phthalaldehyde, which b) is converted in an acidic alcoholic solution at a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060293543 - Isolation of lutein from alfalfa: The present invention provides a process for an industrial scale extraction and purification of xanthophylls (e.g., lutein and zeaxanthin) from plant material (e.g., alfalfa or other leafy green crops having high levels of chlorophyll). The process involves harvesting lutein rich alfalfa, extracting an oleoresin from the alfalfa leaves, saponifying the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060293544 - Partially decomposed catalyst and hydrocarbon oxidation processes using the same: The present invention is related to a hydrocarbon oxidation process. The process comprises bringing one or more hydrocarbons into contact with a source of oxygen in the presence of a radical initiator and a catalyst. The catalyst comprises an organic metal complex located on a catalyst support, and is obtained... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20060287557 - Cyclopropanecarboxaldehydes and their use in perfume compositions: P

20060287558 - Fluorinated vinyl ethers, copolymers thereof, and use in lithographic photoresist compositions: wherein at least one of X and Y is a fluorine atom, and L, R1, R2, R3, R4 are as defined herein. Also provided are copolymers prepared by radical polymerization of (I) and a second monomer that may not be fluorinated. The polymers are useful in lithographic photoresist compositions, particularly... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20060287559 - Insulated perfluoropolyether alkyl alcohols: Perfluoropolyether alkyl alcohol comprising a perfluoropolyether segment and one or more alcohol segments wherein the alcohol segment has a general formula, —CH2(CqH2q)OH , wherein CqH2q represents a divalent linear or branched alkyl radical where q is an integer from 1 to about 10, such that the hydroxy group is insulated... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20060281952 - Method for producing a ketone: A process for preparing a ketone, in particular cyclododecanone, by reacting cyclododecatriene with dinitrogen monoxide to obtain cyclododecadienone and hydrogenating the resulting cyclododecadienone, in particular to give cyclododecanone.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20060281953 - Recovery of an active catalyst component from a process stream: A process for recovering an active catalyst component from a process stream containing, in addition to dissolved active catalyst component, also at least aldols, acetals and/or esters, includes admixing an alcohol component comprising at least one C1 to C10 alcohol, with the process stream to form solid active catalyst component.... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060281954 - Process for alcohol production by selective ether decomposition: This invention relates to a process for the production of an alcohol, the process comprising (a) reacting an olefin and water in the presence of a catalyst under conditions sufficient to form a crude alcohol stream comprising alcohol, and a dialkyl ether; (b) separating at least a portion of the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20060276678 - Method and apparatus for separating aromatic dialehyde: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for continuously separating aromatic dialdehyde from a reaction mixture obtained by gas-phase oxidation of dimethylbenzene. The method for continuously separating aromatic dialdehyde includes the steps of congealing aromatic dialdehyde by cooling the gas-phase reaction mixture including the aromatic dialdehyde, which...