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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7956223 | Method for producing halogen-substituted benzenedimethanol A method for producing a halogen-substituted benzenedimethanol represented by the formula (2): wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are the same or different and each independently represent... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7939695 | Production process of nucleus-halogenated methylbenzyl alcohol The present invention provides an industrially advantageous process for preparing nucleus-halogenated methylbenzyl alcohol which is a useful substance as a raw material, an intermediate for manufacturing medicines, agricultural chemicals, etc. The process of the pre... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7858831 | 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. ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7795478 | Process for producing optically active fluorobenzyl alcohol A fluorine-containing benzaldehyde is reacted with an alkyl Grignard reagent to convert it to a magnesium alkoxide of racemic, fluorine-containing, benzyl alcohol, and subsequently the magnesium alkoxide is reacted with phthalic anhydride to obtain a phthalate half ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7777083 | Iridium catalysts for catalytic hydrogenation A process for the reduction of compounds comprising one or more carbon-oxygen (C═0) double bonds, to provide the corresponding alcohol, comprising contacting the compound with hydrogen gas at a pressure greater than 3 atm and a catalyst comprising an iridium amino... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772445 | Ruthenium catalysts for catalytic hydrogenation The present disclosure relates to a process for the hydrogenation of compounds comprising one or more carbon-oxygen (C═O) double bonds, to provide the corresponding alcohol, comprising contacting the compound with hydrogen gas at and a catalyst comprising a ruthen... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763758 | Hydrogenation of esters with Ru/bidentate ligands complexes The present invention relates to the field of catalytic hydrogenation and, more particularly, to the use of Ru complexes with bidentate ligands, having one amino or imino coordinating group and one phosphino coordinating group, in hydrogenation processes for the red... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7718831 | Method for asymmetric hydrosilylation of ketones Method of asymmetrically hydrosilylating substrates using catalysts having a ligand of the compound of the formula (I) wherein R is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl or hetero... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7663003 | Catalyst and method for the hydration of carbonyl compounds A process for hydrogenating an organic compound which has at least one carbonyl group, in which the organic compound is brought into contact in the presence of hydrogen with a shaped article which can be produced in a process in which (i) an oxidic mate... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7569735 | Method for producing alcohols A method for producing alcohols which comprises reducing esters or lactones with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising (i) a ruthenium compound, (ii) a monodentate monophosphine or a bidentate bisphosphine, and (iii) an amine. Examples of the catalys... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7465839 | Method for the hydrogenation of ketones The invention relates to a process for hydrogenating ketones, wherein the ketone is fed in a mixture with hydrogen to a catalyst bed which comprises a copper chromite catalyst which has a proportion of SiO2 as catalyst. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7446236 | Catalytic hydrogenation of carbon-heteroatom double bonds Process for catalytically hydrogenating carbon-heteroatom double bonds, in particular for asymmetrically catalytically hydrogenating simple ketones, which includes the step of reacting the substrate with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst and of a ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7361620 | Catalytically active layer A catalytically active layer that is used, for example, as an electrode for a solid electrolyte-based sensor element of a gas sensor for determining a gas component in a gas mixture. The catalytically active layer includes a metallic component, that includes a noble... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7317131 | Catalytic hydrogenation processes The catalysts of formula (II): [Ru(L)m(L′)wXY], wherein X and Y represent simultaneously or independently a hydrogen or halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy, carboxyl or other anionic radical, m is 1 or 2, w is 1 when m is 1 and w is 0... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7250526 | Transfer hydrogenation process and catalyst A catalytic transfer hydrogenation process is provided. The catalyst employed in the process is a metal hydrocarbyl complex which is coordinated to defined bidentate ligands substituted with at least one group selected from an optionally substituted sulphonated hydr... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7223859 | Method for producing (R)-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl) phenylamino]-pentanoic acid amide derivative The present invention provides a method for easily producing an (R)-3-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenylamino]-pentanoic acid amide derivative useful for an intermediate for pharmaceutical products, particularly an inhibitor of a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) fr... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223879 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217847 | Method for the production of optically active 2-amino 2-chloro, 2 hydroxy or 2-alkoxy-1-alcohols The invention relates to a process for preparing optically active 2-amino-, 2-chloro-, 2-hydroxy- or 2-alkoxy-1-alcohols by catalytically hydrogenating appropriate optically active 2-amino-, 2-chloro-, 2-hydroxy- and 2-alkoxycarboxylic acids or their acid derivative... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208623 | Process for the manufacture of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitory mevalonic acid derivatives The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a compound of formula: (Formula I); or a salt, especially a pharmaceutically acceptable salt with a base, thereof or a lactone thereof wherein the element (a) represents —CH2—CH2— ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205258 | Catalysts for the production of methylchlorosilanes using zinc oxide promoters The present invention provides a catalyst that may be used to facilitate the formation of dimethylchlorosilanes. A catalyst in which copper oxide and zinc oxide are in intimate contact and form agglomerated particles allows for the increased selectively of the produ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7183443 | Process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched compounds Process for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched amino aldehydes and amino alcohols, wherein a corresponding enantiomerically enriched amino nitrile is subjected to hydrogenation in the presence of hydrogen, a hydrogenation catalyst, preferably a Pd-catalyst... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179925 | Method for reducing organic compounds in microreactor by means of hydrides and/or the derivatives thereof The present invention relates to a process for the reduction of aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic organic compounds by means of hydrides and/or derivatives thereof. ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169749 | Method for producing alkyl-substituted butenols Alkyl-substituted butenols having the formula (I): R1—CH2—CH═CR2—CH2OH (I) wherein R1 is a saturated or olefinically unsaturated alkyl or cycloalkyl group having from 4 to 16 ca... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7084312 | Catalyst and method for hydrogenating carbonyl compounds A process for the hydrogenation of an organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group comprises bringing the organic compound in the presence of hydrogen into contact with a shaped body which can be produced by a process in which ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7064231 | Optically active diamines and their use in catalytic processes The invention relates to stereoisomerically enriched diamines, to metal complexes comprising these diamines and also to their use in a process for asymmetrically reducing ketones using silanes, in particular polymethylhydrosiloxane, as reducing agents. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060861 | Method for hydrating poly-or monomethylol alkanals In a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of a polymethylolalkanal or a monomethylolalkanal of the formula (I) where R may be identical or different and are each a substituted or unsubstituted aliphatic hydroc... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056485 | Continuous hydrogenation process The invention is directed to a continuous hydrogenation process in which a hydrogenable compound is dissolved in a working solution with hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst. At least part of the hydrogen-containing waste hydrogenation gas generated in the reaction... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7037877 | Process for the preparation of copper chromite catalyst The present invention provides a process for the preparation of an improved copper chromite catalyst for the hydrogenation of diethyl maleate to tetrahydrofuran with very high selectivity. This invention particularly relates to a process for the preparation of an im... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026498 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming react... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7005525 | Recyclable catalysts methods of making and using the same Organometallic complexes are provided, which include a catalyst containing a transition metal, a ligand and a component having the formula GArF. ArF is an aromatic ring system selected from phenyl, naphthalenyl, anthracenyl, fluorenyl, or inden... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6984744 | Phosphine ligands The invention is concerned with new phosphine ligands of formula I wherein R1 and R2 are independently of each other unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl or heteroaryl, or alkyl, ary... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6979753 | Process for preparation of 2-phenyl ethanol The present invention provides an improved process for preparation of 2-phenyl ethanol. More specifically, the present invention relates to a process for preparing 2-phenyl ethanol by catalytic transfer hydrogenation of styrene oxide, in the presence of a supported ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6946560 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to novel ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom and carbon-carbon bond-forming react... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943271 | Process for producing fluorine-containing, polymerizable styrene monomer and intermediates used in same A fluorine-containing styrene monomer of the formula (2) is produced by a first, second or third process. The first process includes (a) reacting a compound of the formula (1) with a compound of the formula (3), in the presence of a metal catalyst; (b) reacting the ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939996 | Process for the hydrogenation of alkylaryl ketones The present invention pertains to a process for the hydrogenation of alkylaryl ketones, which process involves contacting a feed containing the alkylaryl ketones and from 0.5% to 30% by weight of phenolic compounds with hydrogen in the presence of a heterogeneous hy... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6906228 | Method for catalytic hydrogenation on rhenium-containing active carbon carrier catalysts In a process for preparing alcohols by catalytic hydrogenation of carbonyl compounds over a catalyst comprising rhenium on activated carbon, the catalyst used comprises rhenium (calculated as metal) in a weight ratio to the activated carbon of from 0.0001 to 0.5, pl... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6878852 | Process for hydrogenation of carbonyl and iminocarbonyl compounds using ruthenium catalysts comprising tetradentate diimino-diphosphine ligands A process for the hydrogenation, using molecular hydrogen (H2) of a catalytic system, wherein the catalytic system includes a base and a complex of formula (II): Ru(P2N2)Y2 (II) wherein Y represent... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6849767 | Method of hydroborating alcohols and reducing functional groups using a recyclable fluorous borane-sulfide A method of hydroborating an alkene or alkyne, or reducing an organic functionality, oxidizing primary and secondary alcohols using a fluorous borane-sulfide is disclosed. The method includes regeneration and recycling the fluorous borane-sulfide. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6825370 | Catalyst for enantioselective reduction of ketones The invention concerns an oxazaborolidine compound fixed on a material selected among Raney nickel, Raney cobalt and Raney iron, the method for preparing same, and the use of the compound as reduction reaction catalyst of ketone to produce chiral alcohols. ... | 11/30/2004 |
