Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 09/07

20070225526 - Method for producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone: In case of oxidizing cycloalkane with oxygen, the catalyst to be used is a catalyst obtained by supporting metals of Groups 5 to 10 of the Periodic Table on a carrier, the carrier being subjected to a catalytic treatment with an organosilicon compound. The metal is preferably vanadium, chromium, manganese,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070225527 - Process for heterogeneously catalyzed hydrogenation: A process for carrying out heterogeneously catalyzed hydrogenation reactions in a fixed-bed reactor includes providing at least one main reactor containing a first amount of catalyst; providing a first auxiliary reactor and a second auxiliary reactor, each containing a second amount of catalyst, wherein the first amount of catalyst is... Agent: Cognis Corporation Patent Department

20070225528 - Process for producing optically active alcohol: A ruthenium complex RuCl[(S,S)-Tsdpen](p-cymene) represented by a formula below and a ketone compound are placed in a polar solvent, and the resulting mixture is mixed under pressurized hydrogen to hydrogenate the ketone compound and to thereby produce an optically active alcohol:... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070225529 - Method for reducing microcontaminants during synthesis of pentachlorophenol: A method for reducing contaminants during synthesis of pentachlorophenol includes providing a phenol-based starting material and a catalyst, which form a reaction mixture. A chlorine flow is introduced so that it is in contact with the reaction mixture, and the starting material and chlorine are reacted via a temperature-programmed reaction.... Agent: Julia Church Dierker Dierker & Associates, P.C.

20070219399 - Tuning product selectivity in catalytic hydroformylation reactions with carbon dioxide expanded liquids: An improved hydroformylation process is provided, which comprises reacting an olefin with CO and H2 in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst in a liquid that has been volumetrically expanded with a compressed gas, such as supercritical carbon dioxide.... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070219400 - Synthesis of sterically hindered secondary aminoether alcohols: Severely sterically hindered secondary aminoether alcohols are prepared by reacting an organic carboxylic acid or alkali metal salt of an organic carboxylic acid with a sulfonyl halide, a sulfuryl halide, a mixed sulfuryl ester halide or a mixed sulfuryl amide halide to yield a sulfonic-carboxylic anhydride compound which is then... Agent: Exxonmobil Research And Engineering Company

20070213563 - Mixtures composed of monocarboxy-functionalized dialkylphosphinic acid salts, their use und a process for their preparation: P

20070213564 - Process for the manufacture of methymercaptan: The present invention refers to a continuous process for the manufacture of methyl mercaptan using Mo-O—K-based catalysts. It is further described that the total selectivity of methylmercaptan can be increased by at least 1% by lowering the total gas hourly space velocity. The invention further refers to a process for... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070213565 - Process for the preparations of a mixture of alcohols and ketones: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a mixture of alcohols and ketones by the liquid phase oxidation of isoalkanes to alkyl hydroperoxides with simultaneous transfer of oxygen to alkanes (C8-C20) in presence of oxides alkaline earth metals like magnesium, calcium, barium and strontium and oxides of... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070213566 - Process for the liquid phase oxidation of toluene to benzaldehyde: The present invention provides a liquid phase oxidation of toluene by using catalyst containing manganese (Manganese II acetate) in presence of Lewis acid (Stannous (II) chloride) and a bromide promoter (NaBr), at a temperature of 120° C. and at a pressure of air in the range of 70-400 psig, in... Agent: Schweitzer Cornman Gross & Bondell LLP

20070213567 - Process for producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid: An object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing acrolein and/or acrylic acid, with which method even when air that contains a lot of floating particles is used as an oxygen source, without suffering from deterioration of catalyst performance owing to coking and so on of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070213568 - Process for preparing relatively long-chain polyalkylene glycol diethers: in which R1 is hydrogen or C1— to C3-alkyl, R2 is hydrogen, CH3 or CH2—CH3 and n is from 5 to 500 in the liquid phase at temperatures between 170 and 300° C. in the presence of a Raney nickel catalyst which, based on the total weight of the catalyst,... Agent: Clariant Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070213569 - Processes for conversion of tyrosine to p-hydroxystyrene and p-acetoxystyrene: Tyrosine was converted to p-hydroxystyrene in a two-step reaction without purification of individual intermediates. Conditions were determined for bromination of tyrosine in which reactive intermediates were formed. The mixture of these intermediates was used directly in a second step reaction to produce p-hydroxystyrene. The p-hydroxystyrene was further acetylated to produce... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070213570 - Method for producing halogen-substituted benzenedimethanol: wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and independently represent a C1-C20 alkyl group which may have a substitutent or substituents, and X1 to X4 is the same as defined above, with a borohydride compound in the presence of an alcohol which comprises adding the alcohol into a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070208203 - Method for the production of acetaldehyde from ethylene and oxygen: A single-stage method for the oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde in the presence of an aqueous catalyst solution comprising copper chloride and palladium chloride under maintenance of the circulation of the aqueous catalyst solution in a recycle reactor, comprised of a reactor and a mist trap and which includes an... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.