Patents by Inventor Akifumi Iida

Akifumi Iida 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).

  • Publication number: 20230250047
    Abstract: A method for isomerizing an aliphatic diamine represented by Formula (1) below in the presence of an imine compound obtained by dehydration condensation of an aliphatic diamine represented by Formula (1) below and an aldehyde and/or a ketone; and in the presence of an alkali metal. A ratio of a total amount of the alkali metal to a total amount of the aliphatic diamine is 0.5 mol % or greater and 6.0 mol % or less, and R represents a single bond or an unsubstituted aliphatic or alicyclic alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer from 0 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Masayoshi UENO, Akifumi IIDA, Kentaro NAGAMATSU
  • Patent number: 11584705
    Abstract: A production method for a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound, having a step of obtaining a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound or an aqueous ammonia solution of a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound by bringing a phthalic acid compound in an aqueous ammonia solution into contact with hydrogen in the presence of a fixed bed catalyst in a reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoi Yamazoe, Yuta Ohmori, Akifumi Iida, Yutaka Kanbara
  • Patent number: 11572338
    Abstract: The problem addressed by this invention is to achieve a useful and novel method for producing dicyanocyclohexane and bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane. This problem was solved by providing a method for producing dicyanocyclohexane having a cyanation step in which dicyanocyclohexane is obtained by a cyanation reaction of cyanocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof with an ammonia source, and a method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane using the dicyanocyclohexane thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Emi Nakano, Noriyuki Shiomi, Akifumi Iida
  • Patent number: 11542222
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may omit a filtration for a catalyst after a cyanation reaction can by carrying out the cyanation reaction in a state in which precipitation of a metal catalyst is suppressed. A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may involve cyanating one or more aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or salt(s) thereof with an ammonia source in the presence of a predetermined compound and a catalyst, wherein, in the cyanation, the amount of the predetermined compound is maintained at a predetermined amount or more with respect to the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Shiomi, Emi Nakano, Akifumi Iida
  • Patent number: 11472765
    Abstract: A production method for producing a 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid derivative, involves subjecting an aqueous ammonia solution of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid to heat concentration, thereby precipitating a 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid derivative as a crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Aoi Yamazoe
  • Patent number: 11352318
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method for dicyanocyclohexane, including a step of obtaining dicyanocyclohexane by reacting cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof, or a heated concentrate of an aqueous ammonia solution of cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid with ammonia in a solvent having a boiling point equal to or higher than a reaction temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Emi Nakano, Yutaka Kanbara
  • Publication number: 20210139408
    Abstract: A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may omit a filtration for a catalyst after a cyanation reaction can by carrying out the cyanation reaction in a state in which precipitation of a metal catalyst is suppressed. A method for preparing a dicyanoalkane may involve cyanating one or more aliphatic dicarboxylic acids and/or salt(s) thereof with an ammonia source in the presence of a predetermined compound and a catalyst, wherein, in the cyanation, the amount of the predetermined compound is maintained at a predetermined amount or more with respect to the catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Noriyuki SHIOMI, Emi NAKANO, Akifumi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20210032191
    Abstract: A production method for producing a 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid derivative, involves subjecting an aqueous ammonia solution of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid to heat concentration, thereby precipitating a 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid derivative as a crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi IIDA, Aoi YAMAZOE
  • Patent number: 10906865
    Abstract: A method for producing 1,4-dicyanocyclohexane, having a step of obtaining 1,4-dicyanocyclohexane by subjecting a heated concentrate of an aqueous ammonia solution of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid to a cyanation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Yuta Ohmori, Emi Nakano, Aoi Yamazoe
  • Publication number: 20210024445
    Abstract: A production method for a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound, having a step of obtaining a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound or an aqueous ammonia solution of a cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid compound by bringing a phthalic acid compound in an aqueous ammonia solution into contact with hydrogen in the presence of a fixed bed catalyst in a reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Aoi YAMAZOE, Yuta OHMORI, Akifumi IIDA, Yutaka KANBARA
  • Publication number: 20200392072
    Abstract: The problem addressed by this invention is to achieve a useful and novel method for producing dicyanocyclohexane and bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane. This problem was solved by providing a method for producing dicyanocyclohexane having a cyanation step in which dicyanocyclohexane is obtained by a cyanation reaction of cyanocyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof with an ammonia source, and a method for producing bis(aminomethyl)cyclohexane using the dicyanocyclohexane thus produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Emi NAKANO, Noriyuki SHIOMI, Akifumi IIDA
  • Publication number: 20200165195
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method for dicyanocyclohexane, including a step of obtaining dicyanocyclohexane by reacting cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof, or a heated concentrate of an aqueous ammonia solution of cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid with ammonia in a solvent having a boiling point equal to or higher than a reaction temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi IIDA, Emi NAKANO, Yutaka KANBARA
  • Publication number: 20190225572
    Abstract: A method for producing 1,4-dicyanocyclohexane, having a step of obtaining 1,4-dicyanocyclohexane by subjecting a heated concentrate of an aqueous ammonia solution of 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid to a cyanation reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi IIDA, Yuta OHMORI, Emi NAKANO, Aoi YAMAZOE
  • Patent number: 9084985
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an alicyclic carboxylic acid by hydrogenating an aromatic ring of an aromatic carboxylic acid, which comprises using a catalyst containing ruthenium and palladium as a catalyst, and also provided is a co-supported ruthenium-palladium catalyst in which ruthenium and palladium are present in a form of particles containing both the ruthenium and palladium on a surface of a support. A catalyst has been developed which uses a relatively inexpensive noble metal, ruthenium, which has an activity equivalent to that of a rhodium catalyst, and which does not undergo decrease in activity as observed in a rhodium catalyst, and thereby an industrially simple method for producing an alicyclic carboxylic acid has been established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Ryoko Watanabe, Tomoo Tsujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130338393
    Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an alicyclic carboxylic acid by hydrogenating an aromatic ring of an aromatic carboxylic acid, which comprises using a catalyst containing ruthenium and palladium as a catalyst, and also provided is a co-supported ruthenium-palladium catalyst in which ruthenium and palladium are present in a form of particles containing both the ruthenium and palladium on a surface of a support. A catalyst has been developed which uses a relatively inexpensive noble metal, ruthenium, which has an activity equivalent to that of a rhodium catalyst, and which does not undergo decrease in activity as observed in a rhodium catalyst, and thereby an industrially simple method for producing an alicyclic carboxylic acid has been established.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Ryoko Watanabe, Tomoo Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 8080676
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially available method for efficiently producing high-purity S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid excellent in solid-liquid separability from an S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester, and also provides products obtained by the method. Under a temperature condition of 50-80° C. in an aqueous solvent, (A) an S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester represented by the general formula (1) is hydrolyzed under a basic condition for 1-3 hours; then (B) the insoluble matters contained in the reaction solution resulting from the hydrolysis are removed; and (C) an acid is added to the resulting solution to effect crystallization; provided that R in the general formula (1) represents an alkyl or aryl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Youichi Kyuuko, Toshio Hidaka
  • Publication number: 20100330625
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing an optically active indoline-2-cabroxylic acid or a derivative thereof, which is useful as a raw material for synthesis of pharmaceuticals or the like, from an indoline-2-cabroxylic acid in an industrially advantageous manner. An indoline-2-cabroxylic acid is converted into an N-substituted-indoline-2-carboxylic acid, and then is esterified using a biocatalyst having a stereoselectivity in an organic solvent containing an alcohol. Next, an alkali is used to obtain an optically active N-substituted-indoline-2-carboxylic acid ester and an optically active N-substituted-indoline-2-cabroxylic acid or a salt thereof, and then the two optically active substances are separated utilizing distribution properties thereof in an organic solvent/water system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Youichi Kyuuko
  • Publication number: 20100063305
    Abstract: The present invention provides an industrially available method for efficiently producing high-purity S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid excellent in solid-liquid separability from an S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester, and also provides products obtained by the method. Under a temperature condition of 50-80° C. in an aqueous solvent, (A) an S-(?)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester represented by the general formula (1) is hydrolyzed under a basic condition for 1-3 hours; then (B) the insoluble matters contained in the reaction solution resulting from the hydrolysis are removed; and (C) an acid is added to the resulting solution to effect crystallization; provided that R in the general formula (1) represents an alkyl or aryl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Gas Chemcial
    Inventors: Akifumi Iida, Youichi Kyuuko, Toshio Hidaka