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

20070173650 - Methyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate: Methyl 2,4,9-trithiaadamantane-7-carboxylate and a method for its manufacture is disclosed. The method reacts oxidized methyl triallyl acetate with a Lewis acid and a sulphuring agent.... Agent: Roetzel And Andress

20070173652 - Method of forming a dianhydrosugar alcohol: The invention includes methods of producing dianhydrosugars. A polyol is reacted in the presence of a first catalyst to form a monocyclic sugar. The monocyclic sugar is transferred to a second reactor where it is converted to a dianhydrosugar alcohol in the presence of a second catalyst. The invention includes... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070173653 - Method of performing sugar dehydration and catalyst treatment: The invention includes a method of treating a solid acid catalyst. After exposing the catalyst to a mixture containing a sugar alcohol, the catalyst is washed with an organic solvent and is then exposed to a second reaction mixture. The invention includes a process for production of anhydrosugar alcohol. A... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070173651 - Two-stage dehydration of sugars: The invention includes methods for producing dianhydrosugar alcohol by providing an acid catalyst within a reactor and passing a starting material through the reactor at a first temperature. At least a portion of the staring material is converted to a monoanhydrosugar isomer during the passing through the column. The monoanhydrosugar... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070173654 - Methods for dehydration of sugars: The invention includes a method of dehydration of a sugar using a dehydration catalyst and a co-catalyst within a reactor. A sugar is introduced and H2 is flowed through the reactor at a pressure of less than or equal to about 300 psig to convert at least some of the... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070173655 - Oxidation process: A process is disclosed for reacting an olefin, hydrogen, and oxygen in a reactor in the presence of an epoxidation catalyst comprising a transition metal zeolite and a noble metal to produce a product stream comprising an epoxide and an alkane. The alkane is separated and oxidized to at least... Agent: Lyondell Chemical Company

20070167636 - Improved process for the asymmetric synthesis of duloxetine: This invention provides an improved asymmetric process for the synthesis of duloxetine involving arylation of Compounds of Formula I.... Agent: Eli Lilly & Company

20070167637 - Process for producing alicyclic oxetane compound: Provided is a production process by which a novel alicyclic oxetane compound which has an oxetane ring, has excellent light transmission in the near ultraviolet region, and is useful as a cationically polymerizable monomer can be easily obtained. The production process which is for obtaining an alicyclic oxetane compound includes... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070167638 - Multiphasic microchannel reactions: Multiphasic reactions, especially those reactions using a phase transfer catalyst, are conducted in microchannel apparatus. Advantageously, these reactions can be conducted with two, planar microlayers of reactants in adjacent laminar flow streams. Microchannel apparatus and methods for conducting unit operations such as reactions and separations in microchannel apparatus is also... Agent: Frank Rosenberg

20070167639 - Process for preparing a rejuvenated epoxidation catalyst: A process for preparing a rejuvenated epoxidation catalyst, for the epoxidation of one or more olefins using the rejuvenated epoxidation catalyst to produce olefin oxide, and for the production of a 1,2-diol, a 1,2-diol ether, or an alkanol amine from the olefin oxide, the process comprising: providing a quantity of... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070161805 - Process for preparation of diphosphine compounds and intermediates for the process: P

20070161806 - Catalyst for the carbonylation of oxiraines:  where M is an element of group 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, R is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical which may be substituted on the carbon atoms other than on the carbon atom bound to M, X is an anion, n is a number corresponding to the valence of M,... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070161807 - Method for manufacturing optically pure coumaryl amino acids and the novel coumaryl aminoacids thus obtained: The present invention relates to the field of the synthesis of optically pure amino acid derivatives, mainly for the purpose of manufacturing optically active polypeptides that are useful as labelled detection tools.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070155971 - Chiral diphosphorus compounds and their transition metal complexes: The present invention relates to chiral diphosphorus compounds and their transition metal complexes, to a process for preparing chiral diphosphorus compounds and their transition metal complexes and also to their use in asymmetric syntheses.... Agent: Lanxess Corporation

20070155972 - Method for separating trioxane from a mixture containing trioxane, formaldehyde and water: A process for removing trioxane from a mixture I of formaldehyde, trioxane and water, by a) distilling the mixture I in a first distillation stage at a pressure of from 0.1 to 2 bar to obtain a stream II which comprises formaldehyde and a stream III which comprises predominantly trioxane... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP