Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Godfried B. Akorli
  • Patent number: 6566298
    Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation and use as catalysts of diphosphines of the formula (I) in which R is C6-C14-aryl or C4-C13-heteroaryl containing 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, wherein the aryl and heteroaryl radicals may optionally be substituted by halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, and/or trimethylsilyl, and R1 to R4, independently of one another, are each hydrogen, C1-C10-alkyl, C1-C10-alkoxy, F, Cl, or Br.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Birgit Driessen-Hölscher, Joachim Kralik, Inga Ritzkopf, Christian Steffens, Guido Giffels, Claus Dreisbach, Thomas Prinz, Walter Lange