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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129572 | Process for codimerizing olefins The present invention relates to a process for preparing olefin codimers, the olefin codimers which can be obtained by this process, a process for preparing alcohols in which such olefin codimers are subjected to hydroformylation and subsequent hydrogenation, the al... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7470825 | Reactor and process for producing methanol This invention is directed to a reactor and process for producing methanol. The reactor includes utilizes a plurality of beds of methanol synthesis catalyst in series to form methanol product from synthesis gas (syngas). A liquid layer continuously flows across the ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7414161 | Process for producing branched olefins from linear olefin/paraffin feed A process for producing branched olefins from a mixed linear olefin/paraffin isomerisation feed comprising linear olefins having at least 7 carbon atoms in 5-50% w comprising in a first stage skeletally isomerising linear olefins in the isomerisation feed and in a s... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7348462 | Process for preparing branched olefins from a paraffinic wax A process for preparing branched alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting branched olefins with an aromatic hydrocarbon under alkylating conditions, which branched olefins have been obtained by a process which comprises dehydrogenating an isop... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335802 | Methods of preparing branched aliphatic alcohols Systems and methods to produced branched aliphatic alcohols are described. Systems may include a dehydrogenation-isomerization unit, an olefin dimerization unit, an olefin isomerization unit, a hydroformylation unit, a dehydrogenation unit, a hydrogenation unit and/... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325392 | Control system for catalytic processes The present invention provides methods and systems for controlling a catalytic process. The control system includes: an electroconductive support having a layer of a catalyst thereon; a first electrode in contact with said electroconductive support; a second electro... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7288229 | Parallel reactor with sensing of internal properties An apparatus and method for carrying out and monitoring the progress and properties of multiple reactions is disclosed. The method and apparatus are especially useful for synthesizing, screening, and characterizing combinatorial libraries, but also offer significant... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262153 | Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is described. The method may include providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to the hydrocarbon containing formation. Hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation may interact with the hydrocarbon ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7250538 | Process for the hydroformylation of an ethylenically unsaturated compound Process for the hydroformylation of an optionally substituted ethylenically unsaturated compound by reaction thereof with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a specific catalyst system which includes a source of Group VIII metal cations; a diphosphine li... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235684 | Process for preparing (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonates and a (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonate composition A process for preparing branched alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting branched olefins with an aromatic hydrocarbon under alkylating conditions, which branched olefins have been obtained by a process which comprises dehydrogenating an isop... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235703 | Catalytic composition and its application to olefin oligomerization An improved catalytic composition for oligomerization, in particular dimerization, of monoolefins comprises the product resulting from bringing the following three constituents into contact in any order: a) at least one divalent nickel compound; ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229950 | Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is described. The method may include providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to the hydrocarbon containing formation. Hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation may interact with the hydrocarbon ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208606 | Hydroformylation process for the conversion of an ethylenically unsaturated compound to an alcohol The invention pertains to a hydroformylation process for the conversion of an ethylenically unsaturated compound to an alcohol comprising a first step of reacting at an elevated temperature in a reactor the ethylenically unsaturated compound, carbon monoxide, hydrog... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202205 | Processes for making surfactants via adsorptive separation and products thereof Processes for making particularly branched, especially monomethyl-branched or nongeminal dimethyl-branched surfactants used in cleaning products; preferred processes comprising particular combinations of two or more adsorptive separation steps and, more preferably, ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7186868 | Hydroformylation process for the conversion of an ethylenically unsaturated compound to an alcohol The invention pertains to a hydroformylation process for the conversion of an ethylenically unsaturated compound to an alcohol comprising a first step of reacting at an elevated temperature in a reactor the ethylenically unsaturated compound, carbon monoxide, hydrog... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7183446 | Alcohol mixtures having 13 and 15 carbon atoms and the use thereof in the preparation of surface-active substances The present invention relates to an alcohol mixture which substantively comprises alcohols having 13 or 15 carbon atoms, to a process for its preparation, to a process for functionalizing these alcohol mixtures, and to the resultant functionalized alcohol mixtures a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176160 | Method for forming a Fischer-Tropsch catalyst using a boehmite support A method is provided for forming a highly active Fischer-Tropsch catalyst using boehmite having a particular crystallite size. In this method, a support material comprising boehmite is contacted with a catalytic metal-containing compound to form a catalyst precursor... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176336 | Process for the synthesis of unsaturated alcohols A process of preparing an unsaturated alcohol (olefin alcohol), such as, a homo-allylic mono-alcohol or homo-allylic polyol, involving protecting a hydroxy-substituted unsaturated fatty acid or fatty acid ester, such as methyl ricinoleate, derived from a seed oil, t... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173138 | Ligands for pnicogen chelate complexes with a metal of subgroup VIII and use of the complexes as catalysts for hydroformylation, carbonylation, hydrocyanation or hydrogenation Pnicogen chelate compounds which have two pnicogen-containing groups joined to one another via a xanthene-like or triptycene-like molecular skeleton and in which at least one pyrrole group is covalently bound via its nitrogen atom to each pnicogen atom form complexe... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7161043 | Process for the carbonylation of ethylenically unsaturated compounds and bidentate diphosphine composition used in this process Process for the carbonylation of optionally substituted ethylenically unsaturated compounds by reaction with carbon monoxide and a coreactant in the presence of a catalyst system. The catalyst system includes (a) a source of Pt group metal cations,... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157613 | Process for producing branched olefins from linear olefin/paraffin feed A process for producing branched olefins from a mixed linear olefin/paraffin isomerisation feed comprising linear olefins having at least 7 carbon atoms in 5–50% w comprising in a first stage skeletally isomerising linear olefins in the isomerisation feed and in a... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154012 | Process for preparing alcohols from olefins by hydroformylation and hydrogenation A process for preparing aliphatic alcohols that includes cobalt-catalyzed hydroformylation of olefins, treatment of a hydroformylation mixture with oxygen-containing gases in the presence of acidic, aqueous cobalt(II) salt solutions, separation of a mixture into an ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148388 | Process for preparing and olefinic hydrocarbon mixture In a process for preparing an olefinic hydrocarbon mixture comprising at least 5% by weight of mono-olefin oligomers of the empirical formula: CnH2n where n is greater than or equal to 6, a feedstock comprising n-butene and... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7137447 | Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is described. The method may include providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to the hydrocarbon containing formation. Hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation may interact with the hydrocarbon ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138552 | Method for producing C-alcohol mixtures The present invention relates to a process for preparing a C13-alcohol mixture which is suitable, in particular, as precursor for the preparation of compounds having surfactant properties and of plasticizers. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7102038 | Phosphorous removal and diene removal, when using diene sensitive catalyst, during conversion of olefins to branched primary alcohols A process for making a selectively branched alcohol composition contacting a lower olefin feed comprising linear olefins having at least 3 carbon atoms and a concentration of phosphorous-containing compounds with a sorbent comprising a metal or metal oxide on a supp... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087777 | Process for preparing a branched olefin, a method of using the branched olefin for making a surfactant, and a surfactant A process for preparing branched olefins comprising 0.5% or less quaternary aliphatic carbon atoms, which process comprises dehydrogenating an isoparaffinic composition over a suitable catalyst which isoparaffinic composition comprises paraffins having a carbon numb... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7074749 | Oxoalcohol-based detergent The invention describes detergents and cleaners comprising an effective proportion of one or more surfactants of the formula I in which a is one of the numbers 11, 12, or 13, R1 | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055602 | Method and composition for enhanced hydrocarbons recovery A method of treating a hydrocarbon containing formation is described. The method may include providing a hydrocarbon recovery composition to the hydrocarbon containing formation. Hydrocarbons in the hydrocarbon containing formation may interact with the hydrocarbon ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7057081 | Method for treating alkanes Methods are disclosed for converting propane and higher alkanes to their corresponding alcohols through a multi-step process with olefin as an intermediate. Methods are also disclosed for facilitating the transportation, purification or other treatment of propylene ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7053257 | Process for preparing (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonates and a (branched-alkyl) arylsulfonate composition A process for preparing branched alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons, which process comprises contacting branched olefins with an aromatic hydrocarbon under alkylating conditions, which branched olefins have been obtained by a process which comprises dehydrogenating an isop... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6963014 | C13 alcohol mixture and functionalised C13 alcohol mixture A process for preparing a C13-alcohol mixture comprises a) bringing a butene-containing C4-hydrocarbon stream containing less than 5% by weight, based on the butene fraction, of isobutene into contact with a n... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6914161 | Process to prepare a multidentate phosphine compound Multidentate phosphate compounds of formula (1) are prepared by reacting a 9-phosphabicyclononane, in the presence of an acid catalyst, with a 9-phospha-bicyclononane alkenylmonophosphine of formula (2), some of which, e.g., P-{2-(2-butenyl)}-9-phospha-bicyclononane... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906230 | Method for producing alcohol surfactants and alcohol ether surfactants, the products obtained and their use The invention describes a process for the preparation of surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers which are, inter alia, highly suitable as surfactants or for the preparation of surfactants. The process, starting from olefin mixtures having a defined minimu... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6762332 | Process for preparing an alcohol from an olefin A process for the preparation of an alcohol from an olefin wherein the olefin is reacted with syngas in the presence of a catalyst system having a homogeneous hydroformylation catalyst and a heterogeneous catalyst having copper on a support. ... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6756411 | Process for producing oxygenated products A process for producing oxygenated products from an olefin-rich feedstock comprise reacting, in a hydroformylation stage, a Fischer-Tropsch derived olefinic product comprising linear and methyl branched olefins, with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6737553 | Method for producing surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers, the resulting products and their use The invention describes a process for the preparation of novel surfactant alcohols and surfactant alcohol ethers by derivatization of olefins having from about 10 to 20 carbon atoms or of mixtures of such olefins to give alkanols, and optional subsequent alkoxylatio... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6723886 | Use of catalytic distillation reactor for methanol synthesis An apparatus and method is disclosed for producing alcohols, particularly methanol, according to an alcohol synthesis process. The apparatus comprises a catalytic distillation reactor where reactants are fed into the catalytic distillation reactor to undergo catalyt... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717018 | Production of oxygenated products A process for producing oxygenated products from an olefinic feedstock, which process includes reacting, in a hydroformylation reaction stage, an olefin feedstock with carbon monoxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature and superatmospheric pressure in the presence... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6660892 | Synthesis of aliphatic 1,3-diols utilizing reduced ligand concentration and water extraction This invention is a process for synthesizing aliphatic 1,3-diols in one step by hydroformylation and hydrogenation of oxirane, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen employing a catalyst comprising a cobalt carbonyl compound and a cocatalyst metal compound ligated... | 12/09/2003 |
