Patents Assigned to Institut Francais du Petrole et Institut des Corps Gras (ITERG)
  • Process for the selective hydrogenation of polyunsaturated oils
    Patent number: 4038295
    Abstract: Highly unsaturated oils of vegetable or animal origin are selectively hydenated to less highly unsaturated oils using a catalytic composition obtained by dissolving a compound of a metal selected from the IB, IV B to VII B or VIII groups in an unsaturated oil and then adding thereto an organic derivative or hydride of a metal from groups I A, II A, II B or III A, in the absence of a stabilizing solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Institut Francais du Petrole et Institut des Corps Gras (ITERG)
    Inventors: Robert Stern, Eugene Ucciani, Andre Hirschauer, Georges Cecchi