Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 10/07

20070249871 - Process of preparing glycolaldehyde: The invention provides a process of preparing glycolaldehye by reacting formaldehyde with hydrogen and carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst composition which is based on, a) a source of rhodium, and b) a ligand of general formula R1P—R2(I), wherein R1 is a bivalent radical that together with the... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070249872 - Process for hydrogenating an aldehyde: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating an aldehyde. An aldehyde is contacted with a catalyst comprising a support containing at least 95% α-alumina and non-support metals dispersed on the surface of the support. The non-support metals comprise nickel and/or one or more compounds thereof and molybdenum and/or... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070249873 - Process for the production of nitrobenzene: Nitrobenzene is produced and then purified using an acidic wash, an alkaline wash, a neutral wash, subjecting a dispersion formed in the neutral wash to electrophoresis to separate water and benzene from the nitrobenzene and recover purified nitrobenzene.... Agent: Bayer Material Science LLC

20070249874 - Synthesis of the micro-porous silica gel and its application to the preparation of catalysts for c2 oxygenates synthesis from syngas: A synthesis of the micro-porous silica gel and its application to preparation of catalysts for C2 oxygenates synthesis from syngas is invented. The small particles of silica gel which are, produced by sol gel process are heated in a basic solution, followed by drying and/or calcinations, and thus form micro-porous... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070244342 - Process for preparing solid particles of phenolic antioxidants: The invention relates to a process for preparing solid particles comprising a phenolic antioxidant in essentially crystalline form and to the process step of further processing the phenolic antioxidants. Solid particles are prepared from a melt of the phenolic antioxidants are added to a dispersion comprising the solid particles of... Agent: Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation Patent Department

20070244343 - Process for the decarboxylation of fatty acids: A process for the production of a ketone having a carbon number between about 20 and about 40 comprising contacting fatty acids containing from about 10 to about 21 carbons atoms with a hydrotalcite catalyst under conditions effective to decarboxylate said acids. More particularly said decarboxylation conditions comprise: a temperature... Agent: Albemarle Netherlands B.v. Patent And Trademark Department

20070244344 - Method for producing 2,7-dimethyl-octa-2,4,6-trienedial: p

20070244345 - Process for treating phenol: The present invention relates to a continuous method for treating a crude phenol stream comprising methylbenzofuran and hydroxyacetone by passing the crude phenol stream through at least two reactors connected in series the reactors containing an acidic ion exchange resin, whereby the temperature in successive reactors decreases in flow direction... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070244346 - Process for removal of hydroxyacetone from phenol: The present invention relates to method for producing phenol which includes: a) oxidizing cumene to form an oxidation product containing cumene hydroperoxide; b) cleaving the oxidation product using an acidic catalyst to form a cleavage product containing phenol, acetone and impurities; c) neutralizing and washing the cleavage product with a... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070238902 - Method for performing aldol reaction in water: R3 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic hydrocarbon group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group and a sulfur-containing substituent, wherein R2 and R3 may be combined with each other to form a ring) is performed so as to generate diastereoselectivity by using FeCl3, which is a low-cost... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070238903 - Palladium-containing catalyst and method for producing same: The present invention provides: a palladium-containing catalyst which is used for highly selectively or highly productively producing an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde and an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an olefin or in that way producing an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid from an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde; a method for producing the catalyst; and a method... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070238904 - Mixed metal oxide catalysts for the production of unsaturated aldehydes from olefins: wherein a is 0.1 to 1.5, b is 0 to 4, c is 0.2 to 5.0, d is 0 to 9, e is 0 to 9, f is 0 to 2.0, g is from 0.4 to 1.5, h is 0 to 1.5, i is 0 to 2.0, j is 0... Agent: Jim Wheelington Sabic Americas, Inc.

20070238905 - Processes for converting glycerol to glycerol ethers: Processes for converting glycerol to alkyl glycerol ethers that involve providing glycerol, alkyl alcohol and an etherification catalyst, providing an etherification reactor and, adding the glycerol, alkyl alcohol and etherification catalyst to the etherification reactor and reacting the glycerol, alkyl alcohol and etherification catalyst in the etherification reactor to obtain... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20070238907 - Method for removing sulfur compounds from an alcohol stream: Processes, apparatus, and systems for purifying alcohol streams by reducing the concentration of sulfur compounds in those alcohol streams are presented herein. The invention is exemplified by reduction of sulfur dioxide, sulfate ion, and sulfite ion in an ethanol stream, but is applicable for the removal of other sulfur compounds... Agent: Craig G. Cochenour, Esq. Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070238906 - Production of dry alcohol: The water-gas shift reaction is exothermic. The heat generated may be used to increase the energy efficiency of the process. In one embodiment, the heat is used to generate high-pressure steam. The high-pressure steam may be used, for example, to convert feedstock to gaseous feedstock or in the operation of... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070232834 - Thiophosphine compounds and methods of making polymerizable compositions containing them and their use for making ophthalmic lenses: Thiophosphine compounds (also named phosphine sulfide compounds) and their use for making polymerizable compositions which after polymerization give optically transparent articles, such as ophthalmic lenses, having improved mechanical and optical properties and in particular having an improved UV cut.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070232835 - Thiophosphine compounds and methods of making polymerizable compositions containing them and their use for making ophthalmic lenses: Thiophosphine compounds (also named phosphine sulfide compounds) and their use for making polymerizable compositions which after polymerization give optically transparent articles, such as ophthalmic lenses, having improved mechanical and optical properties and in particular having an improved UV cut.... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

20070232836 - Method for isolating a thiol: A method of detecting a member of the taxa actinomycetes is provided. A method also is provided for detecting mycothiol or precursor thereof. An antibody is provided when binds to mycothiol or a mycothiol precursor. A method is further provided for diagnosis of a subject having or at risk of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070232837 - Process for the production of cyclic diketones: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds of formula (I), wherein the substituents are as defined in claim 1, by reacting a compound of formula (II), either with a chlorination or bromination agent or with a compound of formula (III) CI-SO2R9, R9 being C1-C4alkyl, C1-C4haloalkyl,... Agent: Syngenta Crop Protection , Inc. Patent And Trademark Department

20070232838 - Alcohol oxidation catalyst and method of synthesizing the same: An organic oxidation catalyst for alcohols which is environmentally less harmful and with which efficient oxidation can be conducted. The oxidation catalyst for alcohols is a 1-alkyl-2-azadamantan-N-oxyl which has a nitroxyl group incorporated in the adamantane skeleton and was synthesized from as a base material a bicyclic compound obtained by... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070232839 - Novel polynuclear polyphenol compound: A polynuclear polyphenol compound is constituted by, as a main skeleton, a 4,4′-methylene bis phenol structure where tris phenol skeletons of tris phenyl methane type are mutually bonded by methylene groups, wherein the reactivity of two hydroxyl groups bonded to the central skeleton of 4,4′-methylene bis phenol is significantly different... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070232840 - Method for making an energetic material: A method for making an energetic material is described, and which includes the steps of providing a source of aqueous nitric acid having a concentration of less than about 95% by weight; mixing a surfactant with the source of the aqueous nitric acid so as to dehydrate the aqueous nitric... Agent: Alan D. Kirsch