Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 03/08

20080071096 - Process for the preparation of alkylene carbonate: A process for the preparation of an alkylene carbonate, said process comprising contacting the corresponding alkylene oxide with carbon dioxide in the presence of water and in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising an organic base neutralised with a hydrogen halide, wherein the organic base comprises a carbon-based compound... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080071097 - Difluorosubstituted heterocyclic compounds and the use thereof in the form of components in liquid crystalline media: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), wherein a, b, c, d, e, R1, R2, A1, A2, A3, A4, Y1, Y2, Y3, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and are such as defined in claim 1, to a method for the production thereof, intermediates for the production and the thereof... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080071098 - Hydrogenation of esters with ru/tetradentate ligands complexes: The present invention relates to the field of catalytic hydrogenation and, more particularly, to the use of Ru complexes with tetradentate ligands having at least one amino or imino coordinating group and at least one phosphino coordinating group in hydrogenation processes for the reduction of esters or lactones into the... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080071099 - Method for production of optically active epoxy compound, and complex used therefor and process for producing the same: [wherein R1s are independently an alkyl group or an aryl group; R2s are independently an alkyl group or an aryl group; R3s are independently an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that two R3s may be bonded with each other to form a ring; R4s are independently a hydrogen... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080071100 - Exothermic reaction system: A reactor and heat exchanger assembly is provided with the heat exchanger integrally affixed to the reactor exit head and adapted to immediately cool reactor gases from the reactor.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080064881 - Process for the preparation of alkylene glycol: A process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol, said process comprising reacting the corresponding alkylene carbonate with water in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises bicarbonate as active phase, immobilised on a solid support, having one or more electropositive sites.... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080064882 - Catalyst and method for the hydration of carbonyl compounds: A process for hydrogenating an organic compound which has at least one carbonyl group, in which the organic compound is brought into contact in the presence of hydrogen with a shaped article which can be produced in a process in which (i) an oxidic material comprising copper oxide, aluminum oxide... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064883 - Catalyst extrudates based on copper oxide and their use for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds: Catalyst in the form of an extrudate which comprises from 5 to 85% by weight of copper oxide and in which the same oxidic support material is present in the active composition and as binder, and the use of the catalyst for the hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080064884 - Novel process 1: t

20080064885 - Process for producing 2-oxo-1-phenyl-3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane: The present invention provides a process for producing 2-oxo-1-phenyl-3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane which comprises reacting phenylacetonitrile with epichlorohydrin in the presence of sodium hydride. According to the present invention, 2-oxo-1-phenyl-3-oxabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane can be produced safely, easily and industrially advantageously.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080064886 - Process for the preparation of optically-active compounds: A method of preparing enatiomerically enriched 3a,6,6,9a-tetramethyl-dodecahydro-naphtho[2,1-b]furan, formula (I), from (E,E)-homofarnesic acid or (E)-monocyclohomofarnesic acid by (a) reacting firstly with a chiral alcohol, (b) reacting the product of (a) with an acid to cause a first cyclisation, (c) producing an alcohol by reacting the product of (b) with a reducing... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20080064887 - Method of preparation of anticancer taxanes using 3-[(substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxycarbon1]-5-oxazolidine carboxylic acids: This invention relates to a process for preparation of taxanes comprising subjecting 7,10-diprotected intermediates 7-O-(2-haloacyl)baccatin III 6c or 7,10-O-di-(2-haloacyl)-10-deacetylbaccatin III 6b to a step of coupling with (4S,5R)-3-[(2-alkyl/aryl-2-trialkylsilyl)ethoxy-carbonyl]-4-aryl-2-substituted-1,3-oxazolidine-5-carboxylic acid 1 in the presence of a condensation agent, an activating agent and an aromatic hydrocarbon to obtain 7-O-[2-(haloacyl)]-13-[(4S,5R)-4-aryl-2-substituted-3(2-unsubstituted/substituted-2-trialkylsilyl)-ethoxycarbonyl-1,3-oxazolidinyl-5-carbonyl]baccatin III 7a or... Agent: Venable LLP

20080058536 - Intermediates for the preparation of citalopram and escitalopram: Methods for manufacture of 5-alkoxycarbonylphthtalides are disclosed. The 5-alkoxycarbonylphthtalides are useful in syntheses of the well-known antidepresssants citalopram and escitalopram.... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080058537 - Cyclopenta[b]naphthalene derivatives: The present invention relates to cyclopenta[b]naphthalene derivatives to the use thereof in liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media, to liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media comprising at least one of these cyclopenta[b]naphthalene derivatives, and to electro-optical display elements containing these liquid-crystalline or mesogenic media.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080058538 - Process for producing fluoroalkanesulfonamide derivatives: including reacting a fluoroalkanesulfonic anhydride represented by the formula [1], with an organic primary amine represented by the formula [2], in the presence of water and in the presence of a base selected from the group consisting of (a) a hydroxide of an alkali metal or alkaline-earth metal or (b)... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080058539 - Method for the distillative processing of tetrahydrofuran: The present invention provides a process for distillatively purifying tetrahydrofuran in the presence of a polar solvent.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.