Patents by Inventor Jean-Christophe Gallard

Jean-Christophe Gallard 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).

  • Method of producing nitrile compounds from ethylenically-unsaturated compounds
    Publication number: 20060142609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrocyanating a hydrocarbon-based compound containing at least one ethylenic unsaturation by reaction in liquid medium with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal element chosen from transition metals and an organophosphorus ligand, characterized in that the organophosphorus ligand is a monodentate organophosphorus compound. The present invention is in particular useful for the synthesis of adiponitrile from butadiene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Damien Bourgeois, Jean-Christophe Gallard, Blaise Didillon, Philippe Marion