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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7880038 | Metal catalyst and its use A metal catalyst obtained by contacting (A) at least one metal or metal compound selected from i) tungsten compounds composed of tungsten and an element of group IIIb, IVb, Vb, or VIb, ii) molybdenum compounds composed of molyb... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7803972 | Shell catalyst, in particular for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, and also method for production thereof The invention relates to a coated catalyst, especially for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, which, on an inert, preferably essentially nonporous, support body, has at least one coating which comprises, before the removal of the organic fractions of components ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7772442 | Method of producing unsaturated aldehyde and/or unsaturated acid Disclosed is a shell-and-tube reactor that may be used for fixed-bed catalytic partial oxidation, the reactor being characterized by including at least one reaction zone of a first-step reaction zone for mainly producing unsaturated aldehydes and a second-step react... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7423184 | Method of making carbonyl compounds A method of making a carbonyl compound comprises contacting a compound comprising a secondary hydroxyl group with a basic metal oxide catalyst at a temperature sufficient to maintain the compound comprising a secondary hydroxyl group in a vapor phase. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7294317 | Exothermic reaction system A reactor and heat exchanger assembly is provided with the heat exchanger integrally affixed to the reactor exit head and adapted to immediately cool reactor gases from the reactor. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7235701 | Process for producing aldehyde The invention provides a film-type dehydrogenation reaction catalyst for aldehyde production, which is used in producing an aldehyde from an alcohol as a starting material, as well as a process for producing an aldehyde, which includes reacting an alcohol in the pre... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232788 | Mixed metal oxide catalysts for the production of unsaturated aldehydes from olefins A catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehydes, such as methacrolein, by gas phase catalytic oxidation of olefins, such as isobutylene, contains oxides of molybdenum, bismuth, iron, cesium and, optionally, other metals. The catalyst has a certain relative amount... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7208634 | Oxidation method of primary or secondary alcohol A method for preparing an aldehyde or ketone by oxidizing a primary or secondary alcohol in the presence of a nitroxyl radical compound and a co-oxidant in an organic solvent, which process is characterized in using an organic N-bromoamide compound or a combination ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7169954 | Method for preparing ruthenium-carrying alumina and method for oxidizing alcohol A ruthenium-carrying alumina, which is prepared by suspending alumina in a solution containing trivalent ruthenium and adding a base to the suspension, is provided. This ruthenium-carrying alumina is useful as a catalyst for oxidizing alcohols by contacting the alco... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144557 | Multitube reactor, vapor phase catalytic oxidation method using the multitube reactor, and start up method applied to the multitube reactor A multitube reactor, wherein tubes having smaller tolerance between a nominal size and actual sizes are used as reaction tubes to stably perform a high yield reaction for a long period, a catalyst is filled into the reaction tubes so that the catalyst layer peak tem... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7125820 | Non-noble metal catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction Non-noble metal transition metal catalysts can replace platinum in the oxidation reduction reaction (ORR) used in electrochemical fuel cells. A RuxSe catalyst is prepared with comparable catalytic activity to platinum. An environmentally friendly aqueous ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118920 | Multiphasic microchannel reactions Multiphasic reactions, especially those reactions using a phase transfer catalyst, are conducted in microchannel apparatus. Advantageously, these reactions can be conducted with two, planar microlayers of reactants in adjacent laminar flow streams. Microchannel appa... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7034170 | Manganese(IV) complex salts and their use as oxidation catalysts Manganese(IV) complex salts of formula [LMn(μ-O)3MnL]n[XM12O40]m, (I), wherein L is 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triazacyclononane, X is P or Si, M is Mo or W, n is 2 or 3, and m is 1 or 2, with the provisos that (i) ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7030279 | Process for transition metal free catalytic aerobic oxidation of alcohols under mild conditions using stable free nitroxyl radicals An alcohol can be oxidized by a process in which a primary or secondary alcohol are reacted with an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a catalyst composition containing (i) a stable free nitroxyl radical derivative, (ii) a nitrate source, (iii) a bromide sourc... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7000382 | Partial oxidation of alcohols A method of partially oxidizing an alcohol to an aldehyde or ketone comprises contacting a gas containing the alcohol with a solid catalyst containing molybdenum, preferably in a +6 oxidation state, and having a surface area of 10 m2/g or higher, preferab... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995291 | Process for the oxidation of unsaturated alcohols The present invention relates to the field of organic synthesis and more precisely to a process for the synthesis of an unsaturated aldehyde or ketone by oxidation of the corresponding alcohol. The oxidation is performed by a hypochlorite salt and a catalytic amount... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6930072 | Vanadia-titania metal molybdate dual catalyst bed system and process using the same for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde A process and a catalyst reaction zone comprising one or more fixed bed reactors for oxidizing methanol in a reactant gas feed stream to formaldehyde. According to one embodiment, the process comprises introducing the reactant gas feed stream into an upstream region... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6897342 | Method for producing aldehydes A process for making aldehydes involving: (a) providing a fatty alcohol; (b) providing an oxidic copper/zinc catalyst; and (c) continuously dehydrogenating the fatty alcohol, in the presence of the oxidic copper/zinc catalyst, at a temperature of from about 200 to 2... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6878847 | Catalyst for preparation of unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid A catalyst useful for catalytic vapor-phase oxidation of isobutylene, t-butanol or propylene to produce respectively corresponding unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid is provided. The catalyst consists of ring-formed shaped bodies composed of (i) a ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6825384 | Bromine free TEMPO based catalyst system for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols using NaOCl as an oxidant The present invention relates to a process of oxidation of alcohols selectively to aldehydes or ketones with NaOCl using a TEMPO—borate catalyst system. It is shown that the oxidation can be efficiently carried out without KBr additives under solvent free conditio... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6768013 | Intrinsically safe oxidation process A novel process for the direct oxidation of hydrogen and hydrocarbons is disclosed, where the explosion risks inherent in gas phase oxidations are substantially eliminated. Gaseous oxidation reactants are soluble in a first reaction solvent phase such as a perfluoro... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6750371 | Process for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones in the presence of nitroxyl compounds as catalysts An alcohol is oxidized to an aldehyde or a ketone in the presence of a nitroxyl compound as catalyst, wherein the alcohol to be oxidized is contained in an organic liquid phase, and is reacted in the presence of a nitroxyl compound with an aqueous phase comprising a... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6624332 | In situ formation of metal-molybdate catalysts for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde The method of the present invention involves the in situ formation of metal-molybdate catalyst particles active for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde, with iron as an example, the catalyst is made by mixing particulate forms of Fe2 O3 | 09/23/2003 |
| 6573409 | Process for the preparation of 3,3-dimethylbutanal 3,3-Dimethylbutanal is prepared from 3,3-dimethylbutanol. Intermediate 3,3-dimethylbutanol is obtained by reacting ethylene, isopropylene and sulfuric acid to produce a 3,3-dimethylbutyl ester which is hydrolyzed to the alcohol. The hvdrolysis step is eff... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6559345 | Dual catalyst bed reactor for methanol oxidation A process and apparatus for oxidizing methanol in a gas stream into formaldehyde in a fixed bed reactor. The process first introduces a gas stream into a fixed bed reactor. The fixed bed reactor contains a catalyst bed having a depth, a width, a length, a... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6552233 | Vanadia-titania/metal-molybdate dual catalyst bed system and process using the same for methanol oxidation to formaldehyde A process and a catalyst reaction zone comprising one or more fixed bed reactors for oxidizing methanol in a reactant gas feed stream to formaldehyde. According to one embodiment, the process comprises introducing the reactant gas feed stream into an upst... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6531635 | Precursors of 3-alkoxyalkanols and processes for the preparation of 3-alkoxyalkanols Processes for the preparation of 3-alkoxyalkanols useful as solvents for coating materials, photoresists, or the like. Specifically, (1) a process which comprises reacting an ,ଲ-unsaturated aldehyde with an alcohol in the presence of an acidi... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6512144 | Oxidation of hydrocarbons using crystalline manganese (II/III) phosphate compositions Processes for oxidizing hydrocarbons using a new family of crystalline manganese phosphate compositions have been developed. These compositions have an extended network which network can be a one-, two-, or three-dimensional network. The composition has a... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6504055 | Catalysts and processes for the conversion of succinates to citraconates or itaconates Processes for producing citraconic anhydride and citraconic acid using porous materials with specific surface acidities and surface areas are described. The preferred catalyst is a porous gamma alumina. Itaconic acid is produced from citraconic acid. Itac... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6486357 | Catalytic oxidation of alcohols using manganese oxides A method of oxidizing an organic alcohol, wherein the organic alcohol is contacted with a stoichiometric excess of oxygen in the presence of an effective catalytic amount of a maganese-containing octahedral molecular sieve or octahedral layer. Primary alc... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6476260 | Method of producing aldehydes and carboxylic acids by oxidizing primary alcohols The invention relates to a method for oxidizing primary alcohols in order to obtain aldehydes and/or carboxylic acids. The reaction takes place in the presence of a catalyst supported on aluminium oxides or aluminium silicates and containing palladium, pl... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6399818 | Process for producing unsaturated aldehydes and unsaturated carboxylic acids As an improvement in the process for preparing unsaturated aldehydes and unsaturated carboxylic acids through vapor-phase catalytic oxidation of at least one starting compound selected from propylene, isobutylene, t-butanol and methyl-t-butyl ether with m... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6350918 | Alcohol conversion Preparing an aldehyde from an alcohol by contacting the alcohol in the presence of oxygen with a catalyst prepared by contacting an intimate mixture containing metal oxide support particles and particles of a catalytically active metal oxide from Groups V... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6350916 | Selective oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes or ketones Alcohols are oxidized to their corresponding ketone or aldehyde using an aryl chloride oxidant and a metal-ligand complex or metal/ligand composition. This reaction is particularly applicable to aromatic alcohols and cyclic and bicyclic aliphatic alcohols... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6313343 | Process for the preparation of alpha-oxoaldehydes Alkylene glycol is oxidized in a vapor phase in the presence of alcohol (a), oxygen, and a catalyst (a) (primary reaction). -oxoaldehyde, and alcohol (b) or olefin, are oxidized in a vapor phase in the presence of oxygen and a catalyst (b) (seconda... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6255534 | Preparation of carbonyl compounds Carbonyl compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted or C1 -C3 -alkyl-monosubstituted to -trisubstit... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6169214 | Catalyst consisting of a hollow cylindrical carrier having a catalytically active oxide material applied to the outer surface of the carrier, and process for using said catalyst A coated catalyst which consists of a hollow cylindrical carrier and a catalytically active oxide material applied to the outer surface of the carrier, the applied catalytically active oxide material being applied in a coat thickness of from 10 to 1000 μ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6166264 | Oxidation catalyst system and method of oxidation with the same The oxidation catalyst system of the invention is composed of (A) a ruthenium compound and (B) a dioxybenzene or its oxidant. The ruthenium compound (A) includes dichlorotris(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium (II) and other ruthenium complexes and Ru/C. The di... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6165352 | Process for dehydrogenating hydrocarbons and oxygenated hydrocarbons A continuous process for the dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon and/or oxygenated hydrocarbon feed, comprising contacting the hydrocarbon and/or oxygenated hydrocarbon feed with a dehydrogenation catalyst at elevated temperature in a reaction zone character... | 12/26/2000 |
