Patents Assigned to Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
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Patent number: 5919978Abstract: This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde acids or salts, e.g., 5-formylvaleric acid or salt, which comprises subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes, e.g., butadiene, to hydroxycarbonylation in the presence of a hydroxycarbonylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, and optionally neutralization with a base to produce one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated acids or salts, e.g., pentenoic acid or salt, and subjecting said one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated acids or salts to hydroformylation in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, to produce said one or more substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde acids or salts and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactam precursors.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Diane Lee Packett, Thomas Carl Eisenschmid, Michael Allen Brammer, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5919372Abstract: A nonionic surfactant having cyclic 1,3-dioxane and/or 1,3-dioxolane functionality which is irreversibly splittable by lowering the pH of its aqueous solution is useful in various processes requiring the removal of emulsified hydrophobic contaminants or other hydrophobic materials from an aqueous stream. After splitting of the surfactant into its component aldehyde and polyol, the hydrophobic components phase-separate and can be removed from the aqueous stream by routine means.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 1997Date of Patent: July 6, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Denise Christine Galante, Richard Charles Hoy, Albert Ferris Joseph, Stephen Wayne King, Charles Arnold Smith, Cheryl Marie Wizda
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Patent number: 5917095Abstract: This invention relates to a process for separating one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from a reaction product fluid containing said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds, a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organophosphorus ligand which process comprises (a) treating said reaction product fluid with water sufficient to remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said reaction product fluid and (b) treating the water which contains phosphorus acidic compounds removed from said reaction product fluid with an acid removal substance sufficient to remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said water.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: June 29, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: David Robert Bryant, James Clair Nicholson, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5912202Abstract: A method for preparing an activated catalyst composition comprising a single site catalyst precursor and an activating cocatalyst, which comprises contacting outside of a polymerization reactor a single site catalyst precursor with an activating cocatalyst before, during, or after contacting the single site catalyst precursor with a weakly coordinating electron donor such as 1-hexene.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: John Henry Oskam, Thomas Henry Peterson, David James Schreck, Purna Chand Sishta, Timothy Todd Wenzel, Gregory Todd Whiteker, Clark Curtis Williams
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Gas phase fluidized bed polymerization process using sonic cleaner with optimum design and operation
Patent number: 5912309Abstract: A improved process is provided for polymerization of olefin and/or diolefin polymer, using sonic cleaning devices, with optimum design and operation, to eliminate or reduce reactor fouling and/or sheeting.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 1997Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Kiu Hee Lee, Ping Cai, Roger Brady Painter, William Jene Price, David Merrill Rebhan -
Patent number: 5910611Abstract: Method which includes passing a gas stream containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, mercaptans and other acid gases through an aqueous alkanolamine solution to remove the carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide, mercaptans, etc., from the gaseous stream. Heat-stable alkanolamine salts form in the aqueous alkanolamine solution due to the acid contaminants (other than hydrogen sulfide or carbon dioxide) removed from the gas stream. A base is added to the aqueous alkanolamine solution to convert all or part of the heat-stable alkanolamine salts into alkanolamine and simple salts. The base-treated aqueous alkanolamine solution is electrodialyzed in an electrodialysis cell containing ion exchange membranes. The purified aqueous alkanolamine solution can be used again to remove carbon dioxide, etc., from the gas stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 1995Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Richard Alan Gregory, Jr., Martin Frank Cohen
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Patent number: 5904422Abstract: A continuous mixing process is disclosed that provides improved dispersive mixing over conventional mixing processes. The process employs squeeze flow motion around a translating member at a Hencky strain greater than 2 and at a rate corresponding to a Deborah Number greater than 10.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 1997Date of Patent: May 18, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventor: Stuart Jacob Kurtz
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Patent number: 5892119Abstract: This invention relates to a process for separating one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from a reaction product fluid containing said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds, a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organophosphorus ligand which process comprises (a) treating said reaction product fluid with water sufficient to remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said reaction product fluid and (b) treating the water which contains phosphorus acidic compounds removed from said reaction product fluid with an ion exchange resin sufficient to remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said water.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: David Robert Bryant, James Clair Nicholson, Ernst Billig, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5892127Abstract: This invention relates in part to processes for selectively producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted 1,6-hexanedials, e.g., adipaldehyde, which comprise: (a) subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes, e.g., butadiene, or a mixture comprising one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes to hydroformylation in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, and at an alkadiene partial pressure and/or a carbon monoxide partial pressure sufficient to selectively produce one or more substituted or unsubstituted pentenals or a reaction mixture comprising one or more substituted or unsubstituted pentenals; and (b) subjecting said one or more substituted or unsubstituted pentenals or said reaction mixture comprising one or more substituted or unsubstituted pentenals to hydroformylation in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1997Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Diane Lee Packett, John Robert Briggs, David Robert Bryant, Ailene Gardner Phillips
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Patent number: 5891820Abstract: The present invention relates to improved reductive amination processes whereby monoethanolamine and ammonia are reacted in the presence of hydrogen and various reductive amination catalysts to yield high selectivity to acyclic products such as aminoethylethanolamine, while reducing the production of cyclic products such as piperazine. When the process of the present invention is carried out in the presence of reductive amination catalyst containing metals such as nickel or nickel-rhenium on transitional alumina carriers, productivity and selectivity to the desired products is increased. Alternatively, the process may be carried out in the presence of hydrotalcite-like or takovite-like catalysts which have been enhanced by the use of promoters to achieve the desired results.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 1995Date of Patent: April 6, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventor: Stephen Wayne King
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Patent number: 5886235Abstract: This invention relates to a process for separating one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from a reaction product fluid containing said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds, a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organophosphorus ligand which process comprises treating said reaction product fluid with water sufficient to remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said reaction product fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation.Inventors: David Robert Bryant, James Clair Nicholson, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5886237Abstract: This invention relates in part to processes for selectively producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkenals. The process hydroformylates at least one substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes, e.g., butadiene, or a mixture of one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkadienes in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, and at an alkadiene and/or carbon monoxide partial pressure sufficient to selectively produce at least one substituted or unsubstituted alkenals, e.g., pentenals. The substituted and unsubstituted alkenals produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof, e.g., hydrogenation to alkenols, particularly pentenols. This invention also relates to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted alkenals or alkenols as principal product(s) of those reactions.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Diane Lee Packett, John Robert Briggs, David Robert Bryant, Ailene Gardner Phillips
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Patent number: 5886236Abstract: This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde acid salts, e.g., epsilon caprolactam, which comprises subjecting said one or more substituted or unsubstituted unsaturated acid salts, e.g., pentenoic acid salts, to hydroformylation in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, to produce one or more substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde acid salts and/or one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactam precursors. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted aldehyde acid salts as the principal product(s) of reaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1997Date of Patent: March 23, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Thomas Carl Eisenschmid, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, Kurt Damar Olson, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5883265Abstract: This invention relates in part to processes for producing one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof which comprise subjecting one or more substituted or unsubstituted penten-1-ols to carbonylation in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst, e.g., a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst, to produce said one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof. The substituted and unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof produced by the processes of this invention can undergo further reaction(s) to afford desired derivatives thereof, e.g., epsilon caprolactam. This invention also relates in part to reaction mixtures containing one or more substituted or unsubstituted epsilon caprolactones and/or hydrates and/or esters thereof as principal product(s) of reaction.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Erik Bruce Tjaden, John Robert Briggs, Anil Sakharam Guram, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5879805Abstract: A process for the preparation of a 1,2-vinyl-polybutadiene with an adjustable amount of vinyl linkages in the microstructure of the polymer which comprises polymerizing 1,3-butadiene in a gas phase reactor under polymerization conditions using an inert gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising: (a) a cobalt compound; (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphine, a xanthogen, a thiocyanide, a carbon disulfide, and mixtures thereof; and (c) an organoaluminum compound, and optionally a modifier (d) can be included in the catalyst composition. There is also provided a novel resin particle prepared by the process.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1997Date of Patent: March 9, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Monika Brady, Kevin Joseph Cann
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Patent number: 5877386Abstract: A method and composition for treating liquefied petroleum gas containing acid gases such as H.sub.2 S, CO.sub.2, and COS to sweeten such liquefied petroleum gas by removal of a substantial portion of such acid gases while minimizing losses of amines due to solubility in LPG and enhancing CO.sub.2 slip, said method comprising contacting said liquefied petroleum gas with an absorbent mixture comprising an aqueous solution of TEA and at least another amine preferably selected from the group consisting of MEA, DEA, MDEA, DIPA, and mixtures thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 1995Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventor: Craig Norman Schubert
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Patent number: 5877241Abstract: Coating compositions which provide coatings having enhanced properties, e.g., gloss, are disclosed. The coating compositions may be water-borne compositions, or may be water-reducible or water-dispersible compositions including a thermoplastic resin component. Such compositions include a gloss enhancing amount of a nitrogen-containing component selected from compounds having the formula ##STR1## and mixtures thereof, wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of H, monovalent hydrocarbyl radicals having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, and divalent hydrocarbyl radicals having 1 to about 2 carbon atoms,R'OH wherein R' is a divalent hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to about 4 carbon atoms, provided that the compound includes at least one hydroxyl group and if one R is a divalent radical then another R is a bond in the divalent radical or is another divalent radical.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1992Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Frederick Almon Giles, Jr., Charles William Glancy
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Patent number: 5874640Abstract: This invention relates to a process for separating one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from a reaction product fluid containing said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds, a metal-organophosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organophosphorus ligand which process comprises treating said reaction product fluid with an aqueous buffer solution sufficient to neutralize and remove at least some amount of said one or more phosphorus acidic compounds from said reaction product fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: David Robert Bryant, Tak Wai Leung, Ernst Billig, Thomas Carl Eisenschmid, James Clair Nicholson, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5874639Abstract: This invention relates to a process which comprises reacting one or more reactants in the presence of a metal-organopolyphosphorus ligand complex catalyst and optionally free organopolyphosphorus ligand to produce a reaction product fluid comprising one or more products, wherein said process is conducted at a carbon monoxide partial pressure such that reaction rate increases as carbon monoxide partial pressure decreases and reaction rate decreases as carbon monoxide partial pressure increases and which is sufficient to prevent and/or lessen deactivation of the metal-organopolyphosphorus ligand complex catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 1997Date of Patent: February 23, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: James Clair Nicholson, David Robert Bryant, James Russell Nelson, John Robert Briggs, Diane Lee Packett, John Michael Maher
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Patent number: 5866750Abstract: A method for recovering titanium and vanadium compounds, such as alkoxides, from a liquid hydrocarbon mixture by hydrolyzing the mixture with a base or acid wash having a sufficiently different density so that two liquid phases form, and separating the two liquid phases.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 1995Date of Patent: February 2, 1999Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventors: Robert Stephen Tomaskovic, Michael Wayne Potter, William Charles Malven