Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 05/07

20070123735 - Phosphorus-containing catalyst composition and hydroformylation process using the same: Provided are a catalyst composition comprising a bidentate ligand, a monodentate ligand, and a transition metal catalyst and a process of hydroformylation of olefin compounds, comprising reacting the olefin compound with a gas mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide while being stirred at elevated pressures and temperatures in the presence... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070123736 - Calixarene compound, process for producing the same, intermediate therefor, and composition thereof: wherein R1 to R6 individually represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; X1 to X12 individually represent a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms, a substituted or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123737 - Preparation of polytrimethylene ether glycol and copolymers thereof: The present invention relates to a process comprising using ionic liquids for the polycondensation of 1,3-propanediol reactants to produce polytrimethylene ether glycol and copolymers thereof.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070123738 - Mixture containing 1,3-butadiene and process for producing the same: To provide a C4 fraction that contains significantly reduced amounts of butynes and methylallene and to provide a process for low-cost and effective production of ethers in which the C4 fraction is used as the starting material for a telomerization process. A mixture containing 25 to 80 mass % 1,3-butadiene,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070123739 - Hydrogenolysis of sugar feedstock: A process for the hydrogenolysis of a sugar feedstock in the presence of a catalyst comprising: (a) ruthenium or osmium; and (b) an organic phosphine; and wherein the hydrogenolysis is carried out in the presence of water and at a temperature of greater than 150° C.... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20070123740 - Mixed metal oxide containing sulfur: The invention relates to a composition of matter comprising at least one metal from Group 3, at least one metal from Group 4, sulfur and oxygen, particularly useful as a catalyst for ether decomposition to alkanols and alkenes.... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company Law Technology

20070118002 - Conversion of alkanes having at most 5 carbonatoms to alcohols and/or aldehydes using a platinum complex catalyst: A gas-phase process is provided for catalytic conversion of a lower alkane comprising at most 5 carbon atoms to at least one produce selected from the group consisting of alcohols, aldehydes and mixtures thereof. The process comprises bringing said lower alkane into contact with an oxidising agent in the presence... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070112219 - Method for producing trivalent organophosphorus compounds: The present invention relates to a process for preparing organophosphites, organophosphonites and organophosphinites by condensing phosphorus trihalides or organophosphorus halides with organic compounds bearing hydroxyl groups in the presence of polymeric basic ion exchange resins. The process according to the invention makes possible in a simple manner the preparation of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070112220 - Hydroformylation of butenes comprising isobutylene: Mixed butene streams containing butene-1 and isobutylene and optionally butene-2 are hydroformylated under conditions that hydroformylates all the monomers to yield a mixture of valeraldehydes. Higher temperatures and/or longer residence times and/or higher partial pressure of carbon monoxide than in conventional processes are used to ensure hydroformylation of all the... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070112221 - Process for producing alpha,alpha-bis (hydroxymethyl )alkanal: x

20070112222 - Polymeric particles capable of absorbing blood and/or body fluids: Polymeric particles capable of absorbing blood and/or body fluids, the polymeric particles being coated with at least one surfactant and with at least one solvent, are produced and used for absorbing blood and/or body fluids, especially in hygiene articles.... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070112223 - Phoshazenium salt phase transfer catalysts: A method for carrying out a chemical reaction between at least two reactants occupying separate phases within a multiphase reaction mixture has been discovered in which at least one phosphazenium salt is employed as a phase transfer catalyst. The remarkable utility of phosphazenium salts as phase transfer catalysts is illustrated... Agent: General Electric Company Global Research

20070112224 - Process for producing dichloropropanol from glycerol, the glycerol coming eventually from the conversion of animal fats in the manufacture of biodiesel: Use of glycerol obtained from renewable raw materials, as starting product for producing organic compounds. Process for producing dichloropropanol, according to which glycerol is subjected to a reaction with a chlorinating agent, with the exception of a batch reaction carried out in the presence of acetic acid or its derivatives.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070112225 - Method for producing 1, 6 hexane diol: The present invention provides a process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from a carboxylic acid mixture which comprises adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid and small amounts of 1,4-cyclohexanediols and is obtained as a by-product in the oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol with oxygen or oxygen-containing gases and by water extraction of the reaction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070112226 - Method for the production of propargyl alcohol: The present invention provides a process for preparing propargyl alcohol by converting an aqueous formaldehyde solution comprising acetylene over a catalyst comprising copper acetylide at an operating pressure of from 1 to 15 bar and from 70 to 120° C. without forming a continuous gas phase, in which the aqueous... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070106097 - Double metal cyanide-catalyzed, low unsaturation polyethers from boron-containing starters: The present invention provides a process for the double metal cyanide (DMC)-catalyzed production of low unsaturation polyethers from boron-containing starters. The polyethers produced by the inventive process may be reacted with one or more isocyanates to provide polyurethane products including coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, foams and the like. The inventive... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070106096 - Separation of liquid mixtures in a film evaporator: A liquid mixture comprising at least one readily volatile and at least one sparingly volatile component is separated in a film evaporator by a process in which (i) a continuous stream of a liquid starting material mixture is provided, (ii) a liquid film is produced from the continuous stream and... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070106098 - Multistage catalytic process for olefin etherification: A process for producing ethers by reacting alcohols and olefins in successive catalytic stages is disclosed. The process includes alternating catalytic reaction stages and separation stages.... Agent: Amarjit Singh Bakshi Refining Hydrocarbon Technologies LLC

20070100166 - Catalyst and process for the preparation of unsymmetrical ketones: Carboxylic acid mixtures form unsymmetrical ketones in yields approaching statistical using zirconia catalysts promoted with Group IA and IIA elements. Active catalysts exist in their monoclinic or tetragonal but not cubic form. And the level of promoter loading is generally less than ten percent. The advantages of this catalyst over... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070100167 - Process for synthesizing heliotropine and its derivatives: A new high-yield, easily industrialized process for synthesizing compounds of formula (IV), in which X1 and X2, the same or different, are linear or branched C1-C8 alkyls, n and m are 0, 1 or 2, with the proviso that n and m are not simultaneously 0; or (OX1)n and (OX2)m... Agent: Jay S Cinamon Abelman Frayne & Schwab

20070100168 - Method for producing tricyclodecandialdehyde: Process for preparing tricyclodecanedialdehyde by hydroformylation of dicyclopentadiene by means of a CO/H2 mixture at elevated temperature and under superatmospheric pressure in the presence of a rhodium catalyst which has not been modified by means of a ligand and is homogeneously dissolved in the hydroformylation medium, wherein the hydroformylation is... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070100169 - Minimization of ligand degradation products, of reversion of same to useful phosphine ligands: A process for the minimization of phosphonium ion ligand degradation products formed during reaction of a polyunsaturated olefin or an unconjugated functionalized olefin in the presence of a transition metal-triorganophosphine ligand complex catalyst to form as a product, by-product, or intermediate product a conjugated functionalized olefin having a carbon-carbon double... Agent: Union Carbide Chemicals And Plastics Technology Corporation

20070100170 - Method for producing fluorene derivative: Fluorenone and a phenolic compound (e.g., a 2-C1-4alkylphenol) is subjected to a condensation reaction in coexistence with a thiol compound and a hydrochloric acid aqueous solution to produce a fluorene derivative [e.g., 9,9-bis(C1-4alkylhydroxyphenyl)fluorene]. The proportion (weight ratio) of fluorenone relative to the thiol compound [fluorenone/the thiol compound] is about 1/0.01... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070100171 - Method of detecting decabromodiphenyl ether: A method of detecting decabromodiphenyl ether, includes applying tetrahydrofuran to a sample, and then adding n-hexane thereto, drying the supernatant of the resultant, and subjecting the supernatant to infrared spectrometry.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP