Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 12/08

20080319207 - Organic photovoltaic devices comprising fullerenes and derivatives thereof: Photovoltaic cells comprising an active layer comprising, as p-type material, conjugated polymers such as polythiophene and regioregular polythiophene, and as n-type material at least one fullerene derivative. The fullerene derivative can be C60, C70, or C84. The fullerene also can be functionalized with indene groups. Improved efficiency can be achieved.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080319208 - Method for production of optically active (1s)-3-chloro-1-(2-thienyl)-propan-1-ol: o

20080319209 - Process for preparing (disubstitutedpropenyl) phenylalkyl substituted dihydrobenzofurans:

20080319210 - Method for purifying dianhydrides: A method for purifying dianhydrides is provided. In one aspect, purified oxybisphthalic anhydrides, intermediates useful in the preparation of polyetherimides are provided. In one embodiment, a first solution containing a dianhydride compound, a solvent, and a phase transfer catalyst is contacted with a solid inorganic adsorbent material having a total... Agent: Sabic - 08cu - Ultem Sabic Innovative Plastics -IPLegal

20080319211 - Process for the preparation of epothilones: Intermediates in the preparation of epothilones and epothilone analogs are provided along with synthetic methods useful in the synthesis of epothilone compounds.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080312458 - Reactivity of hydroxymethylglutaryl coenzyme a (hmg-coa) reductase inhibitors containing conjugated dienes with phenolic antioxidants in the solid-state: The object of this invention was to probe the reactivity of lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, and mevastatin in the solid-state without radical initiators in order to determine the antioxidant that provided the best stability for the statin. Phenolic antioxidants were evaluated.... Agent: Paul D. Yasger Abbott Laboratories

20080306284 - Lipase inhibitors: P

20080306285 - Heat-labile prodrugs: Disclosed herein are heat-labile prodrugs, their preparation and uses.... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.l.c

20080306286 - Isolation, purification and synthesis of procyanidin b2 and uses thereof: Methods for the synthesis, isolation, and purification of procyanidin B2 are disclosed. The synthetic methods utilize epicatechin as a starting material and produce procyanidin B2 in high yields. The isolation methods extract procyanidin B2 from a sample of bark powder from plant matter of the genus Uncaria. The isolated and/or... Agent: Proteotech, Inc.

20080306287 - Process for preparing tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid compound: in the presence of an acid; a process for preparing a tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid ester which comprises reacting the tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid represented by the above-mentioned formula (1) with an alcohol in the presence of an acid; and a process for preparing tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid amide which comprises reacting the tetrahydropyran-4-carboxylic acid represented... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080306289 - Catalyst composition, a process for preparing the catalyst composition and a use of the catalyst composition: a Group IA metal or component comprising a Group IA metal having an atomic number of at least 37, and in addition potassium, wherein the value of the expression (QK/R)+QHIA is in the range of from 1.5 to 30 mmole/kg, wherein QHIA and QK represent the quantities in mmole/kg of... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080306288 - Method for producing olefin oxides and peroxides, reactor and the use thereof: G

20080306290 - Process for epoxidizing propene: The present invention provides a process for the epoxidation of propene which comprises reacting propene with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of methanol as solvent and a titanium zeolite catalyst, the process further comprising separating propylene oxide from the reaction mixture to obtain a mixture comprising methanol, water, at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080306291 - Start-up of high selectivity catalysts in olefin oxide plants: A method to achieve a controlled start-up temperature of an expoxidation process which exceeds the maximum achievable temperature of the epoxidation reactor relative to using an external heat source. The method of the present invention employs an oxidation reaction within the reactor to bring the temperature of the reactor to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20080300414 - Process for recharging the reaction tubes of a tube bundle reactor with a new fixed catalyst bed: A process for recharging the reaction tubes of a tube bundle reactor with a new fixed catalyst bed, in which a heterogeneously catalyzed partial gas phase oxidation of an organic compound had been performed beforehand in a preceding fixed catalyst bed comprising Mo-comprising multielement oxide active compositions to form a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080300415 - Preparation of optically active 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-5-hydroxynaphtho[2,3-b]furan-4, 9-diones having anticancer activities: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for efficiently preparing (S)-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-5-hydroxynaphtho[2,3-b]-furan-4,9-dione useful as a medicine at a low cost and in large amounts. According to the present invention, the desired (S)-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-5-hydroxynaphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-dione can be prepared with high efficiency at a low cost and in large amounts by... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20080300416 - Process: (Process of manufacturing propylene oxide and styrene which process comprises: (i) contacting propene with a mixture of ethylbenzene hydroperoxide and ethylbenzene in the presence of catalyst to obtain propylene oxide and 1-phenylethanol, (ii) separating propylene oxide from the reaction mixture obtained in step (i), (iii) subjecting the mixture obtained in... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20080300417 - Slurry reaction system: The present invention provides a slurry reaction system wherein liquid reaction mixture containing catalyst fines is separated from catalyst particles of a size suitable for use in the slurry reaction in a first separation step and in a subsequent separation step the catalyst fines are separated from liquid reaction mixture.... Agent: Lyondellbasell Industries