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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361794 | Zone reactor In a method of converting alkanes to their corresponding alcohols and ethers a vessel comprises a hollow, unsegregated interior defined first, second, and third zones. In a first embodiment of the invention oxygen reacts with metal bromide in the first zone to provi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335799 | Hydroxyl compounds and compositions for cholesterol management and related uses The present invention relates to novel hydroxyl compounds, compositions comprising hydroxyl compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing a variety of diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to aging, Alzheimer's Disease, cancer, cardiovascular ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7230150 | Zone reactor In a method of converting alkanes to their corresponding alcohols, ethers, olefins, and other hydrocarbons, a vessel comprises a hollow, unsegregated interior defined first, second, and third zones. In a first embodiment of the invention oxygen reacts with metal hal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7161050 | Method and apparatus for synthesizing olefins, alcohols, ethers, and aldehydes A reactant selected from the group consisting of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, dienes, and aromatics is reacted with a halide selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine to form a first reaction product. The first reaction product is reacted with a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148390 | Integrated process for synthesizing alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins from alkanes Alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, and olefins are manufactured from alkanes by mixing an alkane and a halogen selected from the group including chlorine, bromine, and iodine in a reactor to form alkyl halide and hydrogen halide. The alkyl halide only or the alkyl halide ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7091387 | Process to convert alkanes into primary alcohols This invention provides a process to convert alkanes to primary alcohols of the same carbon number. Carbon numbers of particular interest are C8 to C18. The process comprises the steps of: a) halogenating a linear or branched (or mixture of lin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7064238 | Conversion of alkanes to oxygenates A process is provided for converting an alkane to an oxygenated product by passing an alkane gas over a first fixed bed containing a higher valence bromide salt to produce an alkyl bromide, a hydrobromic acid, and a lower valence bromide salt. The alkyl bromide and ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7019182 | Method of hydrocarbon preservation and environmental protection Gas phase hydrocarbons resulting from the operation of offshore petroleum wells are converted into corresponding liquid products which are mixed with liquid phased hydrocarbons resulting from operation of the offshore petroleum well for delivery therewith. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6720434 | Process for preparing chiral compounds from recemic epoxides by using chiral salen catalysts The present invention relates to chiral salen catalysts and a process for preparing chiral compounds from racemic epoxides by using them. More particularly, the present invention is to provide chiral salen catalysts and its use for producing chiral compounds such as... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6100412 | Process for the epoxidation of olefinic compounds A process for the production of an epoxide and/or its corresponding vicinal diol by a reaction of an olefinic compound with hydrogen peroxide, wherein the reaction is performed in the presence of a carbon dioxide phase at a temperature and a pressure abov... | 08/08/2000 |
| 5998679 | Methods for converting lower alkanes and alkanes to alcohols and diols The present invention is directed to methods for converting lower alkanes and alkenes to the corresponding lower alkanols and diols. In the methods of the present invention, a gaseous halogen, preferably bromine, is produced by decomposing a metal halide ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5334777 | Conversion of alkanes to alkanols and glycols Lower monobasic or dibasic alcohols are produced by the following steps: a) reacting a starting material with a metallic halide (wherein the metal is in the higher of two possible valence states) to obtain a reaction product, a corresponding metallous halide (... | 08/02/1994 |
| 4822925 | Organosalts of metalate anions and process for the production of alkylene glycols therewith Novel vicinal dioxyalkylene organometalates comprising a cation having a hydrocarbyl-containing substituent are disclosed. The vicinal dioxyalkylene organometalates can be reacted with water to yield alkylene glycols.... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4683347 | Glycerine purification process The level of impurities such as glycerol-based acetals and/or ketals in glycerine, particularly glycerol-dimethylketal, is reduced by extraction of the glycerine with supercritical or near critical carbon dioxide.... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4460797 | Method for decomposition of halogenated organic compounds A reagent comprising the product of the reaction of an alkali metal hydroxide with a polyglycol or a polyglycol monoalkyl ether and oxygen, effects complete decomposition of halogenated organic compounds, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), when mix... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4338290 | Hydrolysis of halohydrin or dihalide with HI catalyst Glycols are readily and conveniently prepared by hydrolysis of halohydrins and/or dihaloalkanes in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a strong acid.... | 07/06/1982 |
| 4258208 | Preparation of esters from organic bromo alkyl tellurium compounds A process for the preparation of 2-bromoalkyl esters and vicinal glycol esters which comprises thermally decomposing at temperatures of from 100° C. to 200° C. an organic bromoalkyl tellurium compound selected from 2-bromoalkyltellurium tribromide or ... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4107221 | Removal of olefin oxide from chlorinated solvents Minor amounts of olefin oxide such as butylene oxide are removed from a chlorinated solvent by contacting the solvent with the hydrogen form of a strong acid cation exchange resin in the presence of water.... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4059594 | Stereospecific process for production of c-5-aralkoxy-r-2-substituted-5-alkyl-1,3-dioxanes and intermediates Production of c-5-aralkoxy-r-2-substituted-5-alkyl-1,3-dioxanes by epoxidizing the double bond of a 2-substituted-5-alkylidene-1,3-dioxane to form a cis epoxide, hydrogenolyzing said epoxide to form a 2-substituted-5-alkyl-5-hydroxy-1,3-dioxane in which t... | 11/22/1977 |
| 4053525 | Process for production of glycerine Chlorohydrin reactant mixtures containing epichlorohydrin and mono- and dichlorohydrins are selectively hydrolyzed to glycerine by contact with an alkali metal carbonate catalyst, preferably sodium carbonate, at a temperature of about 50° to 70° C for a... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4026953 | Solvents for NMR spectroscopy Organic solvents containing less than 0.2 atom percent of 13 C and which preferably are at least partially deuterated are produced from 13 C-depleted gaseous carbon compounds and are advantageously employed as solvents for 13 | 05/31/1977 |
| 4008286 | Process for preparing glycols A process for making glycols comprising contacting an aliphatic olefin with 2-4 carbon atoms with an aqueous medium containing I. at least one cation selected from the group consisting of copper ions and iron ions, and Ii. an anion which at least includes a b... | 02/15/1977 |
| 3985795 | Process for preparing glycols from their ester precursors Glycol esters of an olefin are prepared by contacting an olefin and a molecular oxygen containing gas in a carboxylic acid medium in the presence of a catalyst. Selectivities to the desired glycol esters are improved by treating the viscous residue and th... | 10/12/1976 |
