Patents Represented by Attorney Michael A. Miller
  • Patent number: 8329108
    Abstract: In an isoolefin-diolefin rubber production process (e.g. a butyl rubber production process), the cold rubber slurry produced in the reaction vessel is transported from the reaction vessel to the flash tank during which time the cold slurry may be expressed to separate at least part of the cold liquid reaction medium from the isoolefin-diolefin rubber. The separated cold liquid reaction medium is transported off stream, for example by a mechanical filter, where it can be recycled back into the reaction vessel and/or where it can be used to cool a feed stream or streams of the reaction components. The isoolefin-diolefin rubber and the residual liquid reaction medium are transported to a flash tank for further processing. The ability to separate and recycle cold liquid reaction medium makes the process more economical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Lanxess Inc.
    Inventors: John Lovegrove, Hans-Juergen Mick
  • Patent number: 8323357
    Abstract: The use of fluorine-substituted perylenes in color filters for liquid-crystal displays is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Feldhues, Frank Linke, Stephan Michaelis, Dirk Pfuetzenreuter
  • Patent number: 8314243
    Abstract: A process is described for catalytically preparing optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic nitrites of the general formula (I) Ar—CN??(I) by reacting the corresponding aryl halides of the general formula (II) Ar—X??(II) in which X is chlorine, bromine, iodine, triflate, nonaflate, mesylate or tosylate and Ar is an optionally substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic radical, characterized in that the reaction is performed in the presence of a palladium compound, a phosphine of the general formula (III) or (IV) where R is an alkyl radical and R?, R? and R?? are each an alkyl radical or an aryl radical or heteroaryl radical and A is an alkylene or arylene radical, and potassium hexacyanoferrate(II) or potassium hexacyanoferrate(III), optionally in a solvent and optionally with addition of a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Saltigo GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolaus Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Alain Cotté, Matthias Beller, Thomas Schareina, Alexander Zapf
  • Patent number: 8309732
    Abstract: What is described is a process for preparing compounds of the general formula (I) in which R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another represent hydrogen, an alkyl group or an aryl group, wherein compounds of the general formula (II) in which R1 and R2 have the meaning given for formula (I), are reacted with an alkylating agent of the general formula (III) R3X??(III), in which X represents a halogen atom and R3 has the meaning given for formula (I), if appropriate in a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Saltigo GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Job, Denys Baskakov, Ralf Krahwinkel, Antje Hieronymi
  • Patent number: 8304550
    Abstract: Described is a process for preparing diaryl ethers of the formula (I) Ar—O—Ar???(I) In which Ar is an aryl or substituted aryl group and Ar? is an aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl group, by reacting an aryl of formula (II) or a aryloxy salt of formula (III) Ar—OH??(II) Ar—OR??(III) In which Ar has the same meaning as in formula (I) and R is an alkali metal, with an aryl or heteroaryl bromide of formula (IV) Ar?—Br??(IV) In which Ar? has the same meaning as in formula (I), characterized in that the reaction is carried out in the presence of a copper(I)salt and a 1-substituted imidazole as catalyst system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Saltigo GmbH
    Inventors: Alain Cotte, Nikolaus Muller, Matthias Gotta, Matthias Beller, Thomas Schareina, Alexander Zapf
  • Patent number: 8304491
    Abstract: The novel process provides latices of homo- and copolymers of chloroprene and of one or more further copolymerizable monomers at a higher reaction rate and hence in an improved space-time yield. The latices obtained have a high gel content, distinctly lower levels of by-products, in particular of chloroprene dimer, than prior art products, and are useful, if appropriate in concentrated form, for a wide variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Inventors: Lothar Reif, Christian Lente
  • Patent number: 8258314
    Abstract: A process is described for the preparation of substituted heteroaromatics of the general formula (I) where X is oxygen, sulphur or NR5 where R5 is hydrogen, C1-C20-alkyl or C5-C6-aryl and R4 is C1-C20-alkyl, C5-C6-aryl or heteroaryl, R1, R2, R3 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C20-alkyl, C5-C6-aryl or heteroaryl, by reaction A) of a halogenated heteroaromatic of the general formula (II) where X has the meaning given for formula (I) and R6 is bromine, iodine or chlorine and R1, R2 and R3 have the meaning given for formula (I), with a Grignard reagent of the general formula (III) R4MgHal??(III) where R4 has the meaning given for formula (I) and Hal is bromine, iodine or chlorine or B) reaction of the halogenated heteroaromatics of the formula (II) with magnesium firstly to give a Grignard compound of the general formula (IIIa) where Hal is bromine, iodine or chlorine and X and R1, R2 and R3 have the meaning given for formula (I), and further reaction with a halogenated compound of the genera
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Antje Hieronymi, Lars Rodefeld
  • Patent number: 8252924
    Abstract: A process for preparing benzomorpholine derivatives is described, in which an o-nitrophenoxy carbonyl compound is hydrogenated in the presence of extraneous metal-doped sponge metal catalysts based on nickel or cobalt with ring formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Boll, Burkhard Koch
  • Patent number: 8246942
    Abstract: The invention relates to synergistic mixtures of o-phenylphenol with other microbicidally active compounds, such as bronopol (2-bromo-2-nitro-1,3-propanedial), 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one, 1,2-dibromo-2,4-dicyanobutane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Wachtler, Martin Kugler
  • Patent number: 8227641
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of polyfunctional amines of the formulae by hydrogenation of the associated nitriles of the formulae with hydrogen, where A is an aromatic or aliphatic compound from the group of unsubstituted or substituted phenylene or naphthylene, methylene, unsubstituted or substituted ethylene, propylene, unsubstituted or substituted straight-chain or branched butylene, pentylene, hexylene, heptylene, octylene, nonylene, decylene and B is a straight-chain or branched aliphatic carbon chain having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and X can be missing or is a straight-chain or branched aliphatic carbon chain having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, wherein a melt, solution or suspension of the nitrile of formula (III) or (IV) is added over the course of the reaction time to a suspension or solution of a catalyst in a solvent which comprises ammonia and is stirred at a temperature range from 60 to 150° C. under hydrogen pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Rampf, Guido Giffels
  • Patent number: 8227626
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel fluorinated achiral 1,3-benzodioxanes of the general formula (I-a) and (I-b) and to the preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Peter Joschek, Albrecht Marhold, Axel Pleschke
  • Patent number: 8222408
    Abstract: A process for preparing acyl amide compounds is described, in which a recrystallized o-nitrophenoxy carbonyl compound is hydrogenated with hydrogen gas in the presence of a nickel sponge metal catalyst with ring closure to form a benzoxazine, which is then reacted with an acyl halide to give the corresponding acyl amide compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Boll, Burkhard Koch
  • Patent number: 8203006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the industrial production of vinylene carbonate (VC) by eliminating hydrogen chloride from chloroethylene glycol carbonate (CGC) or solid catalysts in the gas phase, the reaction being carried out over a catalyst bed agitated by thorough mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Saltigo GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Langer, Anke Beckmann, Andreas Schulze Tilling, Paul Wagner, Leslaw Mleczko, Sigurd Buchholz
  • Patent number: 8198379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the modification of butyl elastomers, particularly halobutyl elastomers, under solvent free conditions with a phase transfer catalyst in the presence of an alkyl metal salt of an oxygen or sulfur-based nucleophile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Inc.
    Inventors: John Scott Parent, Ralph Allen Whitney, Sergio A. Guillén-Castellanos, Rui Resendes
  • Patent number: 8143455
    Abstract: What is described is a process for preparing 2-hydroxyacetals of the general formula in which R1 is hydrogen, a branched or unbranched C1-C12-alkyl radical, an electron-deficient, halogen-, NO2—, CN—, CF3—, acyl group- or branched or unbranched alkyl group-substituted or unsubstituted C5-C6-aryl or heteroaryl, and R2 is a branched or unbranched C1-C5-alkyl radical, or both R2 radicals are bonded directly to one another or to one another via a C1-C4 unit, by reacting an enol compound of the general formula (II) in which R3 is the same and R1 is as defined for formula (Ia), with bromine to give the corresponding dibromo adduct and then reacting this dibromo adduct with an alkoxide of the general formula (III) M-O—R2 (III) in which R2 is as defined for formula (Ia) and O is oxygen and M is lithium, sodium or potassium. What is likewise described is the preparation of the corresponding 2-hydroxyalkanals from the 2-hydroxyacetals thus obtained by acidic hydrolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas-Norbert Müller, Michael Dockner
  • Patent number: 8143361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar module containing at least one layer made up of at least one ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer which has a vinyl acetate content of ?40% by weight, based on the total weight of the ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer, and has been prepared by a solution polymerization process at a pressure of from 100 to 700 bar, the use of the ?-olefin-vinyl acetate copolymer mentioned in solar modules, the use of the solar module of the invention for stationary or mobile power generation and also a solar power plant containing at least one solar module according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Bergmann, Gerd Deimel, Michael Herrmann, Arndt Kremers, Martin Mezger, Harry Zumaque
  • Patent number: 8137430
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a formulation containing calcium formiate, to the formulation itself, and to the use thereof for producing a product, and the use thereof as a fertilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ralph Armbrust, Peter Baur
  • Patent number: 8124813
    Abstract: The invention relates to a novel process for preparing 2-phenoxyacetals and the corresponding 2-phenoxycarbaldehydes. These compounds are important intermediates for the preparation of active pharmaceutical ingredients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas-Norbert Müller, Michael Dockner
  • Patent number: 8114558
    Abstract: Use of pigments of the formula (I) containing melamine as guest compound and having a dispersion harshness of more than 250 as pigments for color filters for liquid-crystal displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Ulrich Feldhues, Frank Linke, Ronald Göbel, Dirk Pfuetzenreuter, Udo Herrmann
  • Patent number: 8115018
    Abstract: What is described is a process for brominating alkylthiophene, in which an alkylthiophene of the general formula (I) where R is a branched or unbranched alkyl radical having 1 to 12 carbon atoms is contacted with stoichiometric amounts of HBr and H2O2, optionally in the presence of a solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: SALTIGO GmbH
    Inventors: Antje Hieronymi, Andreas Martin, Witold Broda