Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series inventions 06/09

20090163741 - General method for increasing stereoselectivity in stereoselective reactions: This invention is directed to a method of performing a stereoselective reaction without use of a solvent comprising contacting a reactant with a chiral reagent under sonication conditions to form an excess of an enantiomer.... Agent: Antoinette F. Konski Foley & Lardner LLP

20090163742 - Heterogeneous promotion of oxirane hydroformylation: A process for making betahydroxyaldehydes such as 3-hydroxypropanal which comprises intimately contacting (a) an oxirane, (b) carbon monoxide, (c) a reducing agent such as hydrogen, (d) from about 0.01 to about 1 weight percent, basis cobalt metal, of a cobalt hydroformylation catalyst which is optionally complexed with a tertiary phosphine... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090163743 - Luminescence system, method of luminescence, and chemical substance for luminescence: An object of the present invention is to provide, inexpensively and safely, a luminescence system, a method of luminescence, and a luminescent substance based on a novel luminescence mechanism that luminesces at high efficiency. The present invention relates to a luminescence system, wherein a first chemical substance changes into a... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20090163744 - Hydrodeoxygenation process: A process for producing a hydrocarbon from biomass. A feed stream having free fatty acids, fatty acid esters or combinations thereof is provided. The feed stream is heated in the presence of a first catalyst to produce a partially hydrodeoxygenated stream. The partially hydrodeoxygenated stream is heated in the presence... Agent: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C.

20090156865 - Industrial process for production of high-purity diol: It is an object of the present invention to provide a specific apparatus and process for producing a high-purity diol by taking a cyclic carbonate and an aliphatic monohydric alcohol as starting materials, continuously feeding the starting materials into a continuous multi-stage distillation column A in which a catalyst is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090156866 - Method for producing 1,2-propylene glycol using bio-based glycerol: This invention disclosed a method for producing 1,2-propylene glycol from bio-based glycerol. In this method, a CuO—CeO2—SiO2 catalyst is filled into a fixed bed reactor, a glycerol solution is flowed into the reactor together with hydrogen gas in a manner of top feeding, and controlling the reaction temperature to be... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090156867 - Process for the preparation of alkylene glycol: The invention provides a process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol from an alkene. The gas composition from an alkylene oxide reactor is contacted with lean absorbent in an alkylene oxide absorber in the presence of one or more catalysts that promote carboxylation. The lean absorbent comprises at least... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090156868 - Direct catalytic conversion of cellulose materials to ethanol: Catalytic reactions conducted during acid digestion of cellulose materials, including paper, a wide range of grasses including prairie grass, switch grass, pine wood sawdust, bagasse dried after sugar cane processing, cotton, waste cellulose products and starch materials, are taught for direct conversion to ethanol. The cellulose material is thoroughly wet... Agent: Carter Technologies

20090149678 - Process for preparation of paricalcitol and intermediates thereof: The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of Paricalcitol and intermediates thereof.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090143623 - Production process of cyanoethyl ether: Provided is a production process of a cyanoethyl ether by reacting an alcohol and acrylonitrile in a two-phase system of a non-ether solvent/an aqueous alkali solution.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090143624 - Compositions of and processes for producing poly(trimethylene glycol carbonate trimethylene glycol ether) diol: This invention relates to compositions of and processes for producing an unsubstituted or R-substituted poly(trimethylene glycol carbonate trimethylene glycol ether)diol. The processes use acidic ion exchange resins and include solvents.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090143625 - Process for the preparation of polyether polyols: A process for the preparation of a polyether polyol containing at most about 15 ppm of sodium and potassium, comprising: (a) reacting an initiator having at least two active hydrogen atoms with at least one alkylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst having an alkali metal hydroxide to form... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090143626 - Process for preparing an arylalkyl compound: The invention relates to a process for preparing an arylalkyl compound, which comprises contacting a feed comprising a bis(arylalkyl)ether with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst at elevated temperature.... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090143627 - Process for the preparation of alkylene glycol: The invention provides a process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol from an alkene. A gas composition from an alkylene oxide reactor is supplied to an alkylene oxide absorber comprising a column of vertically stacked trays or comprising a packed column. Lean absorbent comprising at least 20 wt %... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20090143628 - Industrial process for production of high-purity diol: It is an object of the present invention to provide a specific apparatus and process for industrially producing a high-purity diol by taking a cyclic carbonate and an aliphatic monohydric alcohol as starting materials. More specifically, it is an object to thus provide a specific industrial apparatus and industrial production... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch