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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7732635 | Method for producing organic acid The utilization amount of steam generated by heat recovery tends to decrease in a production process of an organic acid when the concentration of an organic acid solution obtained in a step of collecting an organic acid with a solvent such as water becomes high. The... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7439388 | Process for converting primary amidoalcohols to amidocarboxylic acids in high yield using water as solvent The invention relates to an improved process for oxidizing a primary amidoalcohol to the corresponding amidocarboxylic acid in high yield. ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7342130 | Method for producing acrylic acid A method for producing acrylic acid, comprising (a) a absorption step of absorbing acrylic acid-containing gas obtained by oxidizing raw material gas in gas phase as crude acrylic acid-containing solution, (b1) a step of separating high boiling point componen... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7265240 | Process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds A process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds is described. The process comprises reacting an ethylenically unsaturated compound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a source of hydroxyl groups and a catalyst system. The catalyst system i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7247755 | Process for producing α,α-bis(hydroxymethyl)alkanal The present invention provides a process for producing an α,α-bis(hydroxymethyl)alkanal represented by Formula (II): (wherein R represents an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, or an aryl group) which comprises r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7189872 | Process for producing (meth)acrylic acid Clogging of a distillation column by polymerization caused by a change of the production rate of (meth)acrylic acid, is prevented to carry out a stabilized operation over a long period. A process for producing (meth)acrylic acid, which includes a purification step w... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173149 | Process for preparing alkynecarboxylic acids by oxidation of alkyne alcohols A process for preparing alkynecarboxylic acids includes the oxidation of an alkyne alcohol with a hypohalite in the presence of a nitroxyl compound at a pH of greater than 7 with continual addition of the alkyne alcohol and of the hypohalite to the reaction mixture.... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7038078 | Methods of synthesizing and using derivatives of [2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethoxy] acetic acid A synthetic reaction to produce [2-(2-aminoethoxy)ethoxy] acetic acid (AEEA) derivatives. This synthetic reaction does not require isolation and purification of intermediates. The AEEA derivatives can be used to synthesize high load polystyrene-polyethylene glycol-l... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7038080 | Heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of acrolein to acrylic acid A process for the heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of acrolein to acrylic acid over a multimetal oxide material having a specific structure, which contains the elements Mo and V, at least one of the elements Te and Sb and at least one of the ele... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6969774 | Method for producing methacrylic acid In a method for synthesizing methacrylic acid by using a fixed bed tube type reactor provided with a catalyst bed into which a solid oxidation catalyst is filled and with a heat medium bath and by flowing a raw material gas containing methacrolein and oxygen through... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6939991 | Preparation of acrylic acid In a process for preparing acrylic acid, an acrylic acid-containing product gas mixture obtained by catalytic gas phase partial oxidation of a C3 precursor of acrylic acid, after direct cooling with a quench liquid, is fractionally condensed in a separati... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6933407 | Method for producing methacrylic acid from isobutane A process prepares methacrylic acid from isobutane by subjecting isobutane to a partial catalytic dehydrogenation in the gas phase and charging an oxidation zone with the isobutenic product gas mixture after the components other than isobutane and isobutene have bee... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6930209 | Liquid phase oxidation of cycloalkane compound A method for liquid phase oxidation of a cycloalkane compound is provided by which the cycloalkane compound intended to be oxidized mixes with water to form an azeotropic mixture, and then an oxygen enriched gas is introduced to perform an oxidation reaction. This m... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919478 | Reaction tube, process for producing catalyst and process for producing unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid In producing a catalyst used for synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde and an unsaturated carboxylic acid by a gas-phase catalytic oxidation, there is used a step of packing an additive-containing catalyst precursor of the catalyst into a tubular reactor, passing a g... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6831195 | Method for production of organic acid A method for producing an organic acid and/or an organic acid ester which utilizes a steam system permitting stable production of an organic acid and/or an organic acid ester and realizing a high thermal efficiency constantly relative to the waste heat generated in ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6762319 | Hydrocarbon, alcohol and/or ketone oxidation method The present invention relates to the oxidation, by means of oxygen or a gas containing it, of hydrocarbons to the corresponding carboxylic acids, alcohols and/or ketones or of alcohols and/or ketones to the corresponding carboxylic acids. It consists more precisely ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6680395 | Method for the synthesis of straight-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids from aldehydes The invention relates to a non-catalysed method for the synthesis of straight-chain aliphatic carboxylic acids by oxidation of straight-chain aldehydes with oxygen-containing gas mixtures. The invention is characterised in that during the novel process of... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6610884 | Polycarboxylic acids, preparation thereof and use thereof for treating cellulosic fibres or textile or paper materials produced therefrom A process is provided for preparing specific polycarboxylic acids by oxidative cleavage of double-bond compounds with hydrogen peroxide or hydrogen peroxide donors. The polycarboxylic acids thus obtained are notable for excellent acid stability, and conse... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6541663 | Process for preparation of aminocarboxylic acids Raney copper, which is doped (promoted) with an effective quantity of a doping (promoting) agent selected from the group boric acid, onium fluorides, salts of fluorine complex anions, and heteropoly acids, represents an outstanding oxidation catalyst for ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6515172 | Process for the preparation of perfluorocarboxylic acids Process for the preparation of perfluorocarboxylic acids of the formula RF --COOH, salts thereof and esters thereof from perfluoroalkyl iodides of the formula RF '--I, in which RF and RF ' are cyclic, branched o... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6498269 | Method for the oxidation of aldehydes, hemiacetals and primary alcohols A method for the oxidation of substrates comprising treating an aqueous, basic solution of a substrate having an oxidizable functionality using an elemental halogen as terminal oxidant in the presence of an oxoammonium catalyst/halide co-catalyst system. ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6429331 | Process for preparing saturated carboxylic acids having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms from butenes and butanes A process for preparing saturated carboxylic acids having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms at a reaction temperature of from 100° C. to 400° C. and pressures of from 1.2×105 Pa to 51×105 Pa by gas phase oxidation of saturated and/or ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6414188 | Method of preparing amino-, imino-, and nitrilocarboxylic acids and silver-promoted copper catalyst for use in said method Disclosed herein is a method for preparing amino-, imino-, and nitrilocarboxylic acids, and their alkali metal salts, starting from alkanolamines. The method employs oxidative dehydrogenation of the alkanolamine(s) in an alkali metal hydroxide medium, usi... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414183 | Method for handling waste oil The present invention provides a method for stabilizing waste oil which is taken of each chemical apparatus of the manufacturing line of (meth)acryl acid and/or ester thereof, and treating the waste oil such as draining it out of the production apparatus,... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6395786 | Sleep inducing agent A sleep-inducing preparation which comprises as an effective ingredient a prostaglandin derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is a halogen atom, Y is a group represented by (CH2)m, a cis-vinylene group or a phenyl... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392092 | Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a lo... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6326455 | Methods for treating cobalt catalyst in oxidation mixtures resulting from oxidation of hydrocarbons to dibasic acids This invention relates to methods and reactor devices for controlling the oxidation of hydrocarbons to dibasic acids, in the presence of a cobalt catalyst and a monobasic acid, such as acetic acid, by treating the catalyst from the reaction mixture, outsi... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6320075 | Process and apparatus for preparing saturated carboxylic acids having one to four carbon atoms A process and an apparatus are for preparing saturated carboxylic acids having from one to four carbon atoms by gas-phase oxidation at a reaction temperature of from 100° C. to 400° C. and pressures of from 1.2×105 to 51×105 Pa i... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6248922 | Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-Methylbutanoic acid A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a lo... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6232490 | Method for preparing acetic acid and/or methyl acetate by methyl formate isomerization A method for the preparation of acetic acid and/or methyl acetate by isomerization of methyl formate in a reaction mixture which includes water, a solvent and a catalytic system containing a halogenated promoter and an iridium-based compound. Carbon monox... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6229045 | Process for preparing carboxylic acids Aliphatic primary alcohols, including aliphatic primary alcohols possessing one or more oxygen, nitrogen and/or phosphorus heteroatoms that may be atoms substituting for carbon atoms in the alkyl group or component atoms of substituents on the alkyl group... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6174928 | Process for producing fluorinated oligomer having COOH groups at both ends A fluorinated oligomer having COOH groups at both end and a .rho.50° value of 1,000 to 10,000 is produced by swelling a fluorine rubber crosslinking product in an organic solvent, followed by decomposition in the presence of a base and a perox... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6111136 | Method for preparation of perfluoroalcanecarboxylic and perfluoroalkanesulfonic acids The invention consists of a new method for preparing perfluoroalcanecarboxylic and perfluoroalcanesulfonic acids in which ozone is made to react, in a protic environment, upon a perfluoroalkyl chain comprising at least one oxydizable chemical group.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6090978 | Process for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid A method for manufacturing 3-hydroxy-3-methylbutanoic acid (HMB) in commercially viable amounts is disclosed. The reaction mixture cycles through an external heat exchanger while the primary reactant is added in a warmer so as to control and maintain a lo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6090986 | Organic compounds and processes for their manufacture Esters of branched C9 alcohols suitable as plasticizers are formed by esterification of a C9 alcohol produced by the aldol condensation from propanal and a C6 aldehyde and hydrogenation, the propanal optionally having been... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6090977 | Continuous heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of an organic compound In a process for the continuous heterogeneously catalyzed gas-phase partial oxidation of an organic compound in an oxidation reactor, whose feed gas mixture comprises, apart from the organic compound to be partially oxidized and molecular oxygen as oxidan... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6084124 | Method to prepare -ଲ unsaturated carboxylic acids from epoxides using a cobalt and tin catalyst system The present invention is a method to produce an unsaturated carboxylic acid which includes the steps of: providing an epoxy compound; contacting the epoxy compound with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a catalyst syst... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6084126 | Oxidation using multimetal molybdenum and vanadium oxides A method for gas-phase oxidation of an organic compound such as acrolein is provided, which includes oxidizing the organic compound with an oxidizing agent in the presence of a catalyst, to produce a product such as acrylic acid, wherein the catalyst incl... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6049004 | Nitric acid removal from oxidation products A method for synthesizing and isolating an oxidation product is disclosed wherein nitric acid is reacted with an oxidizable reactant and the desired oxidized product is extracted using an organic solvent such as a dialkyl ether. The method permits the dir... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6013816 | Process for the preparation of a linear formyl compound Process for the preparation of a linear ω-formyl-carboxylic acid or a corresponding linear formylnitrile compound starting from an internally unsaturated C4 -C12 carboxylic acid or a corresponding ester or nitrile by means of hydrof... | 01/11/2000 |
