Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 11/07

20070276163 - Processes for preparing n-acetylcolchinol & intermediates used in such processes: P

20070276164 - Processes for reducing color in polytrimethylene ether glycol polymers: Processes for reducing color in PO3G are provided. The processes include contacting PO3G with an activated carbon and then separating the PO3G from the activated carbon by, for example, filtration. The process provides PO3G having an APHA color less than that before contact with the absorbent. The processes are desirably... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070276166 - Epoxidation catalyst: The invention is a catalyst comprising a titanium or vanadium zeolite, a binder, and zinc oxide, wherein the catalyst is preparing an aqueous mixture of the zeolite, a binder source, and a zinc oxide source, and subjecting the mixture to rapid drying. The catalyst is useful in olefin epoxidation.... Agent: Lyondell Chemical Company

20070276165 - Process for the ozonolysis of unsaturated compounds: A process for the ozonolysis of unsaturated starting materials, which is characterized in that the reaction is carried out in a structured reactor.... Agent: Cognis Corporation Patent Department

20070270616 - Durable flame retardant finish for cellulosic materials: A process is provided for reacting dichloromonophenyl phosphate and monochlorodiphenyl phosphate with aliphatic alcohol in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst and absence of solvent, at a temperature above 60 to 200° C. and pressure of 0.001 to 1.1 bara, and sparging the reaction mixture with an inert carrier... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070270617 - Combretastatin a-4 phosphate prodrug mono- and di-organic amine salts, mono- and di-amino acid salts, and mono- and di-amino acid ester salts: Provided herein are novel and useful combretastatin A-4 prodrug salts that increase the solubility of combretastatin A-4, readily regenerate combretastatin A-4 in vivo under normal physiological conditions, and which produce physiologically tolerable products as a result of the regeneration of combretastatin A-4.... Agent: Louis J. Wille Bristol-myers Squibb Company

20070270618 - Fluorine-containing bisphenols, their preparation, their precursors and intermediates, and use of the fluorine-containing bisphenols: o

20070270619 - Process for producing alphaoxocarbonyl compound:

20070270620 - Process for the preparation of vanillin from agricultural waste: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxy benzaldehyde) by a single-step oxidation of ferulate moiety of rice straw, a renewable agricultural waste. This is a chemical method where vanillin is produced from a renewable resource in a single-step using a green oxidizing reagent and green... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070265473 - Conjugated polymers containing spirobifluorene units and the use thereof: The present invention relates to novel conjugated polymers comprising spirobifluorene units and their use in optoelectronic devices, preferably in, for example, displays based on polymeric organic light-emitting diodes.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070265474 - Method for producing 4-(methylthio)butane-1,2-diol: A method for producing 4-(methylthio)butane-1,2-diol which comprises reacting 3-butene-1,2-diol with methanethiol in the presence of an azo compound such as an azonitrile compound, an azoester compound, an azoamidine compound and an azoimidazoline compound.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070265475 - Oxidation reaction catalyst and process for producing a compound using the same: The above-mentioned problem was solved by an activated carbon in which the BET specific surface area S determined by a nitrogen adsorption method and the amount of surface oxygen which will leave in the form of carbon monoxide OCO (% by weight) satisfy formula (I) 4000<S×OCO. By using this oxidation... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070265476 - Selective oxidation of alkylbenzenes: e

20070265477 - 2-butanol production method: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-butanol by enzymatic-catalyzed reduction of 2-butanone with a carbonyl reductase and a coenzyme and is characterized in that an aqueous phase, which contains the carbonyl reductase and the coenzyme, is contacted with an alcoholic phase, which is not miscible with... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070260093 - Process for production of cumene hydroperoxide: A process for continuous production of cumene hydroperoxide comprising liquid phase oxidation of cumene in a reactor in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas under such conditions that an oxygen content of the total oxygen-containing gas volume fed into the liquid phase in the reactor is adjusted to not less... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070260094 - Method for producing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers: where n=2-10, in which methylal and trioxane are fed into a reactor and reacted in the presence of an acidic catalyst, wherein the amount of water introduced into the reaction mixture by methylal, trioxane and/or the catalyst is <1% by weight based on the reaction mixture. Preferably, a fraction comprising... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070260095 - Process for the industrial production of aromatic carbonate: It is an object of the present invention to provide a specific process that enables an aromatic carbonate to be produced with high selectivity and high productivity stably for a prolonged period of time on an industrial scale of no less than 1 ton per hour using a continuous multi-stage... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070255076 - Method for deuteration of an aromatic ring: The present invention relates to a method for deuteration of a compound having an aromatic ring, using an activated catalyst, and the method comprises reacting a compound having an aromatic ring with heavy hydrogen source in the presence of an activated catalyst selected from a platinum catalyst, a rhodium catalyst,... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20070255077 - Method for the preparation of volatile anesthetics: The present invention is concerned with the automated control of the synthesis and purification of components useful in the synthesis and purification of volatile anesthetics. The invention is particularly useful in its application to the purification of acetone used in the purification of isoflurane.... Agent: Baxter Healthcare Corporation

20070255078 - Continuous process for the preparation of phenol from benzene in a fixed bed reactor: The invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of phenol by means of the direct oxidation of benzene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of a catalyst based on titanium silicalite TS-1 comprising: (a) running the process in a fixed bed reactor containing the catalyst based on TS-1... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070255079 - Method of synthesizing higher-molecular alcohol: The present invention provides a production method with which high molecular alcohols having an even number of carbon atoms such as 1-butanol, hexanol, octanol and decanol, and a mixture of these are efficiently collected through clean processes with the use of ethanol as a raw material. High molecular alcohols are... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug