Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 02/09

20090054690 - Process for producing biarylphosphine compound: A process for producing a biarylphosphine compound is disclosed. The process has a step of subjecting a biarylsulfonate compound to coupling reaction with a hydrogen-phosphine compound in the presence of a catalyst and an organic strong base to obtain a biarylphosphine compound. As the catalyst, preferably used is a nickel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090054691 - Process for preparing methyl mercaptan: The present invention relates to a process for continuously preparing methyl mercaptan from hydrogen sulphide and methanol in a direct connection with the preparation of hydrogen sulphide.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090054692 - Process for preparing cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol: Process for preparing cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol, said process comprising (a) neutralising acids and/or carbon dioxide present in an organic solution further comprising cyclohexylhydroperoxide by mixing the organic solution with a first aqueous base solution to form a first mixture comprising a first aqueous phase and a first organic phase, (b)... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090054693 - Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions: Chemical production processes are provided that can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition. Catalyst compositions are also provided that can include metal phosphate compositions, metal phosphorous compositions, and/or solid support compositions with the solid support compositions including one or more of F—Al2O3,... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090054694 - Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions: Chemical production processes are provided that include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition, with the reactant composition including a multihydric alcohol compound and the catalyst composition being effective to dehydrate at least a portion of the multihydric alcohol compound. Embodiments of the process... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090054695 - Chemical production processes, systems, and catalyst compositions: Chemical production processes are provided that can include exposing a reactant composition to a catalyst composition to form a product composition. The reactant composition can include a multihydric alcohol compound and the product composition can include a carbonyl compound. The catalyst composition can include a metal effective to facilitate catalyst... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090054696 - Production of detergent range alcohols: This invention relates to a process for the production of alcohols and/or aldehydes. A hydrocarbon feed stream containing paraffins and olefins, typically in which more than 5% by volume of olefin molecules in the hydrocarbon feed stream have a total number of carbon atoms which is different from the total... Agent: Indianapolis Office 27879 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090054697 - Method for producing unsaturated ether compound: i

20090054698 - Granular polymer additives and their preparation: wherein the particles of said composition are held together in compacted dry granular form exclusively or substantially exclusively by contact with dried surfaces of in situ desolvated particles from particles of one or more at least partially solvated components of (a), and optionally by contact with dried surfaces of in... Agent: Albemarle Corporation

20090054699 - 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.

20090054700 - Precursors to fluoroalkanol-containing olefin monomers, and associated methods of synthesis and use: The invention provides alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors to fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters. The fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters are olefins that can be readily polymerized to provide fluoroalkanol-substituted polymers useful in lithographic photoresist compositions. Also provided are methods for synthesizing the alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090054701 - Flexible glycerol conversion process: The present invention relates to a process for converting byproducts of the manufacture of biodiesel into industrially useful oxygenated products of greater commercial value. The process includes a trickle bed reactor in which a glycerol-rich feedstock is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of a nickel-tungsten catalyst under typical refining... Agent: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

20090054702 - Hydrogenation process: The present invention provides a process for hydrogenating an aldehyde. In one aspect, the invention is directed to a process of hydrogenating an aldehyde with a catalyst comprising a Group VIII metal, where the catalyst is complexed with carbon monoxide, at a temperature of at least 120° C. In another... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090054704 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol and methanol to an isobutanol-containing reaction product using a thermally decomposed hydrotalcite containing the anion of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid: Hydrotalcites containing the anion of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid are partially or fully thermally decomposed to provide catalysts useful for the conversion of ethanol and methanol to a reaction product comprising isobutanol.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090054703 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol and methanol to an isobutanol-containing reaction product using a thermally decomposed hydrotalcite/metal: Hydrotalcite/metal carbonate combinations are partially or fully thermally decomposed to provide catalysts useful for the conversion of ethanol and methanol to a reaction product comprising isobutanol.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090054705 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol to a 1-butanol-containing reaction product using a thermally decomposed hydrotalcite catalyst: Hydrotalcites are partially or fully thermally decomposed to provide catalysts useful for the conversion of ethanol to a reaction product comprising 1-butanol.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090054706 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol and methanol to an isobutanol-containing reaction product using a thermally decomposed hydrotalcite catalyst: Hydrotalcites are partially or fully thermally decomposed to provide catalysts useful for the conversion of ethanol plus methanol to a reaction product comprising isobutanol.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090054707 - Catalytic conversion of ethanol to a 1-butanol-containing reaction product using a thermally decomposed hydrotalcite/metal carbonate: Hydrotalcite/metal carbonate combinations are partially or fully thermally decomposed to provide catalysts useful for the conversion of ethanol to a reaction product comprising 1-butanol.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090048467 - Methods for making immobilized aryl-containing ligands: Organic ligands that contain at least one aryl group are immobilized on a solid support. The organic ligands are of the type used to form a catalyst complex suitable for carrying out a catalytic reaction, preferably an asymmetric reaction. To immobilize the organic ligands, a tethering group is bonded to... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090048468 - Method for the production of dimethyl ether: Provided is a process for the production of dimethyl ether. The process improves the effectiveness of the production of dimethyl ether. Especially, the process can be combined with processes for the production of methanol.... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090048469 - Iodine-containing fluoropolyether and process for producing the same: o

20090048470 - Process for producing hydroxy compound:

20090048471 - Production process of 1,6-hexanediol: (1) treating an aqueous extraction concentrate of a reaction mixture obtained by oxidation of cyclohexane with a lower alcohol to esterify monocarboxylic acids and dicarboxylic acids contained in the extract, and simultaneously remove and separate by distillation water, excess lower alcohols and carboxylic acid esters; (2) converting oligomer esters contained... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090048472 - Method for purification of glycerol from biodiesel production: A method for purification of crude glycerol, especially crude glycerol derived from biodiesel production using alkaline catalysts. The method comprises combining the crude glycerol with acid, separating a glycerol layer, and treating the glycerol layer to decolorize it.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20090043133 - Fluorinated nonionic surfactants: P

20090043134 - Selective and efficient bifunctional and trifunctional nanoporous catalysts: Selective and efficient multifunctional nanoporous catalysts containing spatially distributed organoamine and silanol groups, and methods of preparation thereof. The catalysts have been observed to be very highly efficient in catalysis of the Henry reaction.... Agent: John M. Hammond Patent Innovations LLC

20090043135 - Process for the separation by distillation of dinitrotoluene from process for the separation by distillation of dinitrotoluene from process for the separation by distillation of dinitrotoluene from process wastewater from the preparation of dinitrotoluene: l

20090036717 - Precursors to fluoroalkanol-containing olefin monomers, and associated methods of synthesis and use: The invention provides alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors to fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters. The fluoroalkanol-substituted α,β-unsaturated esters are olefins that can be readily polymerized to provide fluoroalkanol-substituted polymers useful in lithographic photoresist compositions. Also provided are methods for synthesizing the alkene fluoroalkanol and fluorinated polyol precursors.... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c