Patents by Inventor Eugen Gehrer
Eugen Gehrer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 6441110Abstract: A process for preparing halogen-free, reactive polyisobutene having a terminal double bond content of more than 50 mol % and an average molecular weight Mn of 280-10000 dalton by the cationic polymerization in the liquid phase of isobutene or hydrocarbon mixtures comprising isobutene comprises polymerizing at from −30° C. to +40° C. in the presence of a heterogeneous polymerisation catalyst comprising one or more oxides of the elements of transition groups V and VI of the Periodic Table of the Elements or in the presence of a heterogeneous polymerization catalyst comprising one or more oxidic compounds of one or more elements of transition groups V and VI of the Periodic Table of the Elements supported on a non-zeolitic oxidic support material which is not an oxygen-containing zirconium compound, the catalyst not containing a technically effective amount of halogen.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1999Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Thomas Narbeshuber, Karsten Eller, Manfred Barl, Rolf Fischer, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 6414207Abstract: A catalyst comprising at least one alkali metal and at least one metallic or semimetallic promoter selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, In, Tl, Sn, As, Sb and Bi, on a support which may be doped with one or more compounds of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal, where the alkali metal/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5, the promoter/alkali metal ratio by weight is from 0.0001 to 5 and, when a dopant is present, the dopant/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2001Date of Patent: July 2, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Steinbrenner, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 6384154Abstract: A process for preparing halogen-free, reactive polyisobutene having a terminal double bond content of more than 60 mol % and an average molecular weight Mn of 800-3000 dalton by cationic polymerization in the liquid phase of isobutene over an acidic, essentially halogen-free heterogeneous catalyst, where a) a hydrocarbon mixture of essentially C4-hydrocarbons comprising isobutene in an amount of from 10 to 80% by weight is used as the starting material and b) polymerization is carried out continuously at from −30 to 0° C. with average starting material residence times of one hour or less, where the temperature and the residence time are selected such that the isobutene conversion is less than 60% and, after separation from the resulting polyisobutene, the isobutene is either enriched in the partially converted hydrocarbon mixture and returned to the polymerization or passed to another isobutene reaction coupled with the polymerization.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2001Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Christoph Sigwart, Thomas Narbeshuber, Eugen Gehrer, Rolf Fischer, Ulrich Steinbrenner, Shelue Liang
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Publication number: 20010044563Abstract: A catalyst comprising at least one alkali metal and at least one metallic or semimetallic promoter selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, In, Tl, Sn, As, Sb and Bi, on a support which may be doped with one or more compounds of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal, where the alkali metal/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5, the promoter/alkali metal ratio by weight is from 0.0001 to 5 and, when a dopant is present, the dopant/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2001Publication date: November 22, 2001Inventors: Ulrich Steinbrenner, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 6303833Abstract: A crystalline multimetal cyanide complex of the formula (I) M1a[M2(CN)bL1c]d*e(M1fXg)*hL2′iH2O (I) where M1 is at least one element from the group consisting of Zn(II), Fe(II), Co(III), Ni(II), Mn(II), Co(II), Sn(II).Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Georg Heinrich Grosch, Harald Larbig, Reinhard Lorenz, Dieter Junge, Eugen Gehrer, Ulrich Treuling
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Patent number: 6284704Abstract: A catalyst comprising at least one alkali metal and at least one metallic or semimetallic promoter selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, Ag, Au, Zn, Cd, Hg, In, Tl, Sn, As, Sb and Bi, on a support which may be doped with one or more compounds of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal, where the alkali metal/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5, the promoter/alkali metal ratio by weight is from 0.0001 to 5 and, when a dopant is present, the dopant/support ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1999Date of Patent: September 4, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Steinbrenner, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 6046130Abstract: The catalyst comprising at least one alkali metal on a spinel or inverse spinel as carrier may be doped with at least one compound of an alkali metal and/or alkaline earth metal, where the alkali metal/carrier ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5 and, when a dopant is present, the dopant/carrier ratio by weight is from 0.01 to 5.The spinel therein has formula (I) and the inverse spinel has formula (II)AB.sub.2 X.sub.4 (I)B(AB)X.sub.4 (II)whereA is divalent metal,B is tri- or tetravalent metal,X is O, S, Se, halogen, pseudohalogen,the charges being balanced, and A preferably being selected from Mg, Cr, Fe, Zn, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, Sn and mixtures thereof, and B being selected from Al, Ga, In, Fe, V, Cr, Ti, Pb, Mn, Co, Rh, Ni, Si and mixtures thereof, and X being O.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1998Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Narbeshuber, Georg Heinrich Grosch, Michael Trefzer, Eugen Gehrer, Michael Baier
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Patent number: 6043189Abstract: The catalyst comprises at least one alkali metal on a doped carrier, where the doped carrier can be prepared from at least one zirconium and/or alkaline earth metal compound as carrier and at least one alkali metal compound as dopant and calcining the doped carrier at 350.degree. C. or below, the alkali metal/carrier ratio by weight being from 0.01 to 5 and the dopant/carrier ratio by weight being from 0.01 to 5.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 1998Date of Patent: March 28, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Narbeshuber, Michael Trefzer, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 5994562Abstract: In a process for preparing N-alkenylcarboxamides by dehydration of N-(2-hydroxyalkyl)carboxamides and/or diethers thereof in the presence of a catalyst, molecular sieves, in particular zeolites, are used as catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 1999Date of Patent: November 30, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Klaus Ebel, Matthias Eiermann, Thomas Narbeshuber, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 5945575Abstract: A process for the preparation of halogen-free, reactive polyisobutene having a content of terminal double bonds of more than 50 mol % and an average molecular weight M.sub.n of from 500 to 5000 dalton by the cationic polymerization of isobutene or isobutene-containing hydrocarbon mixtures in the liquid phase, wherein the polymerization is carried out at a temperature of from -30.degree. to +40.degree. C. over a heterogeneous polymerization catalyst containing at least one element acting as promoter and selected from Group IB, Group IIB, Group IIIB, Group IVB, Group VB, Group VIIB, or Group VIIIB of the Periodic Table or from Group IIA, Group IIIA, Group IVA, Group VA, or Group VIA of the Periodic Table or a number of said elements in each case in the form of an oxygen-containing compound and zirconium in the form of an oxygen-containing compound, said polymerization catalyst containing no industrially effective amounts of halogens.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Inventors: Christoph Sigwart, Eugen Gehrer, Ulrich Muller, Hans Peter Rath, Rolf Fischer
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Patent number: 5939595Abstract: A process for preparing diarylethanes of the general formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, by reacting aromatic compounds of the general formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 have the abovementioned meanings, with styrenes of the general formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meanings, at from -20 to 300.degree. C. under from 1 to 100 bar in the presence of heterogeneous catalysts, wherein beta-zeolites or mordenites are used as heterogeneous catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1996Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eugen Gehrer, Klemens Massonne, Hermann Gausepohl, Martin Fischer, Christopher William Rieker, Lorenz Siggel
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Patent number: 5880321Abstract: In a process for preparing unsubstituted or substituted 1,1-diphenylethanes by catalytic reaction of benzene and styrene in the presence of a zeolite catalyst, it being possible for benzene and styrene each independently to have 1 to 5 substituents selected from halogen, C.sub.1-10 -alkyl, C.sub.1-10 -alkoxy, C.sub.1-10 -acyl, C.sub.1-10 -acyloxy or cyano, the zeolite catalyst is of the EMT or ZSM-20 type.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1998Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eugen Gehrer, Karsten Eller, Gunther Effler
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Patent number: 5866733Abstract: Diarylethanes of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, are prepared by reacting benzene with a styrene of the formula III ##STR2## where R.sup.1 has the abovementioned meanings, by a process in which the reaction is carried out batchwise or continuously in the liquid or supercritical phase at from 150.degree. to 350.degree. C. and from 5 to 200 bar in the presence of a strongly acidic large-pore zeolite.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1996Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eugen Gehrer, Klemens Massonne, Wolfgang Harder
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Patent number: 5817871Abstract: A process for preparing an amine by catalytic reaction of an olefin with ammonia or a primary or secondary amine by contacting a mixture of the reactants in a reactor at 200.degree. to 400.degree. C. and an elevated pressure up to 700 bar in the presence of a catalyst consisting essentially of an X-ray amorphous (non-crystalline) mesoporous catalyst, some of which may have a microporous non-crystalline content. The catalyst has the compositiona MO.sub.2 * b Q.sub.2 O.sub.3 * c P.sub.2 O.sub.5where Q is at least one of the trivalent elements aluminum, boron, chromium, iron or gallium, and M is at least one of the tetravalent elements silicon, titanium or germanium. The molar ratio of a:b is from 0.5:1 to 1000:1 and the molar ratio of c:b is from 0 to 2:1. As prepared and used in the process, this non-crystalline catalyst has a specific BET surface area of from 200 to 1000 m.sup.2 /g.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1997Date of Patent: October 6, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Uwe Dingerdissen, Gunter Lauth, Andreas Henne, Peter Stops, Karsten Eller, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 5773660Abstract: A process for preparing amines of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1,R.sup.2,R.sup.3,R.sup.4,R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkenyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 -alkynyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 -alkylcycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkylalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -alkylaryl or C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl,R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are together a saturated or unsaturated C.sub.3 -C.sub.9 -alkylene dichain, andR.sup.3 or R.sup.5 is C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 -alkyl or C.sub.21 -C.sub.200 -alkenyl or together they are a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 -alkylene dichain,by reacting olefins of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each as defined above, with ammonia or primary or secondary amines of the formula III ##STR3## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each as defined above, at temperatures from 200.degree. to 350.degree. C.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 1997Date of Patent: June 30, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Karsten Eller, Rudolf Kummer, Eugen Gehrer
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Patent number: 5714430Abstract: Mixtures which contain silver with a particle diameter of from 0.001 to 5 .mu.m on a neutral or basic non-zeolite carrier oxide of elements of group IIa, IIIa, IIb, IIIb of the Periodic Table of the Elements, of the lanthanides or mixtures thereof, and a process for preparing these mixtures and antibiotic compositions which comprise these mixtures are described.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 1995Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eugen Gehrer, Richard Thoma, Giorgio Greening, John-Bryan Speakman
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Patent number: 5679868Abstract: A process for the preparation of glutaric dialdehyde by the reaction of alkoxy dihydropyrans of the general formula I ##STR1## in which R stands for C.sub.1 to C.sub.20 alkoxy, with water at temperatures ranging from 0.degree. to 150.degree. C. and pressures of from 0.01 to 50 bar in the presence of a which microporous, crystalline aluminum silicate catalyst, e.g. a beta-type zeolite or pentasil catalyst having a pore diameter greater than 5.4 .ANG..Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 1995Date of Patent: October 21, 1997Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Heinz-Josef Kneuper, Rainer Becker, Eugen Gehrer, Juergen Schossig, Andreas Henne
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Patent number: 5585496Abstract: A process for the catalytical preparation of condensation products of formaldehyde, in which formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-forming compound is caused to undergo reaction using a catalyst which has been produced, in the presence of an auxiliary base, from a triazolium salt of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are the same or different and stand for aliphatic groups having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, optionally substituted aryl groups, optionally substituted aralkyl groups, and/or optionally substituted heteroaryl groups,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, the hydroxymethylene group --CH.sub.2 OH or the hydroxy-hydroxymethylene-methylidyne group --CH(OH)(CH.sub.2 OH), andR.sup.4 denotes hydrogen, a halogen atom, a nitro or cyano group, an aliphatic group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, an alkoxy group --OR.sup.5, a thioether group --SR.sup.6, an amino group --NR.sup.7 R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 1995Date of Patent: December 17, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joaquim H. Teles, Johann-Peter Melder, Eugen Gehrer, Wolfgang Harder, Klaus Ebel, Carsten Groening, Regina Meyer
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Patent number: 5508422Abstract: A process for the catalytical preparation of condensation products of formaldehyde, in which formaldehyde or a formaldehyde-forming compound is caused to undergo reaction using a catalyst which has been produced, in the presence of an auxiliary base, from a triazolium salt of formula I ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are the same or different and stand for aliphatic groups having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, optionally substituted aryl groups, optionally substituted aralkyl groups, and/or optionally substituted heteroaryl groups,R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, the hydroxymethylene group --CH.sub.2 OH or the hydroxy-hydroxymethylene-methylidyne group --CH(OH)(CH.sub.2 OH), andR.sup.4 denotes hydrogen, a halogen atom, a nitro or cyano group, an aliphatic group having from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted aryl group, an optionally substituted aralkyl group, an optionally substituted heteroaryl group, an alkoxy group --OR.sup.5, a thioether group --SR.sup.6, an amino group --NR.sup.7 R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 1994Date of Patent: April 16, 1996Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Joaquim H. Teles, Johann-Peter Melder, Eugen Gehrer, Wolfgang Harder, Klaus Ebel, Carsten Groening, Regina Meyer
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Patent number: 5410089Abstract: A process for preparing dihydroxyacetone by condensation, catalyzed by a thiazolium ylide, of formaldehyde, wherein the reaction is carried out in a system composed of an aqueous phase and at least one organic liquid phase.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1993Date of Patent: April 25, 1995Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eugen Gehrer, Wolfgang Harder, Herbert Vogel, Bernhard Knuth, Klaus Ebel, Carsten Groening