Patents by Inventor Atsushi Shirai

Atsushi Shirai 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).

  • Patent number: 11945773
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a propionic acid derivative with high productivity. The object can be achieved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is a halogen atom or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an organic group, X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents, R6 is a hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents; the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): with a compound represented by formula (3): M(R1)n, wherein M is a cation, n is an integer corresponding to the valence of M, and a compound represented by formula (4): R6—X—H; and step B of separating, by filtration, the compound represented by formula (5): MFn from the mixture obtained by the above reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Shirai, Asako Yoshiyama, Makoto Matsuura, Yoshichika Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20240018081
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound, the method being capable of removing a sulfur-containing substance to a high degree, or provide a composition containing a fluorinated organic compound with a low content of a sulfur-containing substance. The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a fluorinated organic compound (pf), the method comprising: [A] reaction step A of fluorinating an organic sulfur compound (ss) with a fluorinating agent to obtain a composition (?) containing a fluorinated organic compound (pf); and [B] post-treatment step B of reacting the composition (?) with a nucleophile at a temperature of 40° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Yoshichika KUROKI, Yuusuke ETOU, Masayuki KISHIMOTO, Takashi NAMIKAWA, Sumi ISHIHARA, Makoto SUYAMA, Kenji ADACHI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20230250046
    Abstract: A method for producing a compound represented by formula (P1): (B1f)mp(A1)np, wherein B1f is RfCOO, Rf is a hydrocarbon having one or more fluorine atoms, A1 is a group excluding H, mp is (valence of A1)×np and is 1 or 2, np is mp/(valence of A1) and is 1, A1 has a valence of 1 or 2, the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (S1): (B1f)(R1), wherein B1f is as defined above, and R1 is an organic group, and a compound represented by formula (S2): (A1)ms2(B2)ns2, wherein A1 is as defined above, B2 is OH, CO3, or HCO3, ms2 is (valence of B2)×ns2/(valence of A1) and is 1 or 2, and ns2 is (valence of A1)×ms2/(valence of B2) and 1 or 2, or a hydrate thereof. Such a method is a novel production method of a fluorinated carboxylic acid salt compound (preferably a fluorinated carboxylic acid salt compound having a low water content).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Shigeaki YAMAZAKI, Yoshichika KUROKI, Tatsuya OHTSUKA
  • Patent number: 11718524
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a simple method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride. The object is achieved by a method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride, comprising step A of reacting a fluorinated halogen compound with sulfur chloride, the fluorinated halogen compound being represented by formula: XFn, wherein X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine; and n is a natural number of 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Yoshichika Kuroki, Atsushi Shirai, Moe Hosokawa, Yosuke Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20230242468
    Abstract: Provided is a novel production method for a fluorinated organic compound (1), the method comprising step A of fluorinating a hydrogen atom-containing organic compound (2) using IF5 in a liquid composition comprising an organic solvent, the amount of the hydrogen atom-containing organic compound (2) being 1.8 mol or more per liter of the organic solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Takashi NAMIKAWA, Sumi ISHIHARA, Kenji ADACHI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Yoshichika KUROKI
  • Publication number: 20230234910
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing an acrylic acid derivative represented by formula (1): wherein R1 represents hydrogen or the like; R3 represents hydrogen or the like; and X represents hydrogen or the like, the method comprising step B of bringing an organic metal compound represented by formula (A3A): wherein R2, in each occurrence, is the same or different and represents hydrogen or like; R3 represents hydrogen or the like; X represents hydrogen or the like; and M represents hydrogen or the like, or an organic metal compound represented by formula (A3B): wherein the symbols are as defined above, or a combination thereof, into contact with a proton donor and an aldehyde compound to obtain a compound represented by formula (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto MATSUURA, Manaho TOMIOKA, Michiaki OKADA, Atsushi SHIRAI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220402532
    Abstract: A railroad vehicle fire-resistant floor structure with improved fire resistance against underfloor fires includes a mounting part for installing underfloor equipment on the lower surface of an underframe, and a fire-resistant member. The fire-resistant member is a fire-resistant coating applied to the lower surface of the underframe. The fire-resistant coating is preferably a foamable fire-resistant coating. A cover that covers an exposed portion exposed from the fire-resistant coating (foamable fire-resistant coating) is attached to the mounting part. The underfloor equipment is installed at the mounting part with a closing plate sandwiched therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: NIPPON SHARYO, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuro SATO, Hiroki UCHIKAWA, Atsushi SHIRAI, Yuta MANO
  • Publication number: 20220267536
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluorine-containing polymer and a composition containing the fluorine-containing polymer. The present disclosure provides a composition comprising (A) a fluorine-containing polymer comprising as a main component a structural unit containing a fluorine-containing aliphatic ring, and (B) an aprotic solvent, wherein the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring of the fluorine-containing polymer (A) contains one, two, or three etheric oxygen atoms as a ring-constituting atom; when the fluorine-containing aliphatic ring contains a plurality of etheric oxygen atoms, the etheric oxygen atoms are not adjacent to each other; and the fluorine-containing polymer (A) is present in an amount of 20 mass % or more based on the mass of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuuki SUZUKI, Makoto MATSUURA, Akitoshi OGATA, Atsushi SHIRAI, Michiaki OKADA, Shiomi ASHIDA, Yoshito TANAKA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220259135
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing a fluoroacetic acid ester with excellent economic efficiency, quality, and productivity. The object can be solved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R is an organic group, the method comprising: the step of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): wherein X is a leaving group other than fluorine, and R is as defined above, with a compound represented by formula (3): MFn(3), wherein M is a cation and n is an integer corresponding to the valence of the cation, wherein the compound represented by formula (3) is used in an amount of 0.9 moles or less per mole of the compound represented by formula (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Sumi ISHIHARA, Makoto MATSUURA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20220259132
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a propionic acid derivative with high productivity. The object can be achieved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein R1 is a halogen atom or the like, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an organic group, X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R4 and R5 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents, RE is a hydrocarbon group optionally having one or more substituents; the method comprising step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): with a compound represented by formula (3): M(R1)n, wherein M is a cation, n is an integer corresponding to the valence of M, and a compound represented by formula (4): R6—X—H; and step B of separating, by filtration, the compound represented by formula (5): MFn from the mixture obtained by the above reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Asako YOSHIYAMA, Makoto MATSUURA, Yoshichika KUROKI
  • Patent number: 11377407
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a difluoromethylene compound, in particular, a simple method for producing a difluoromethylene compound. This problem is solved by a method for producing a difluoromethylene compound (I) containing at least one —CF2— moiety, the method comprising step A of allowing IF5 and a disulfide compound (III) of the formula: RA—S—S—RA (wherein RA, in each occurrence, independently represents aryl optionally having at least one substituent or alkyl optionally having at least one substituent) to act on a carbonyl compound (II) containing at least one —C(O)— moiety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Yoshichika Kuroki, Atsushi Shirai, Moe Hosokawa, Yosuke Kishikawa
  • Patent number: 11339052
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a simple method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride. The object is achieved by a method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride, comprising step A of reacting a fluorinated halogen compound with sulfur chloride, the fluorinated halogen compound being represented by formula: XFn, wherein X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine; and n is a natural number of 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Yoshichika Kuroki, Atsushi Shirai, Moe Hosokawa, Yosuke Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20220127144
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a simple method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride. The object is achieved by a method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride, comprising step A of reacting a fluorinated halogen compound with sulfur chloride, the fluorinated halogen compound being represented by formula: XFn, wherein X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine; and n is a natural number of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya OHTSUKA, Yoshichika KUROKI, Atsushi SHIRAI, Moe HOSOKAWA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210371391
    Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method for producing an organic compound, and a composition. The object is achieved by a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1): wherein X represents —O—, an optionally substituted imino group, or —S—, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group optionally having at least one substituent, and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, or R1 and R2, together with X and one carbon atom respectively adjacent to R1 and R2, may form a heterocyclic ring optionally having at least one substituent, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and R4 represents —CF2CH3 or —CH2CHF2; the method including step A of reacting a compound represented by formula (2): wherein the alphabetical symbols are as defined above, with vinylidene fluoride under light irradiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Atsushi SHIRAI, Yoshichika KUROKI, Nobuyuki MASE
  • Publication number: 20210363077
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a difluoromethylene compound, in particular, a simple method for producing a difluoromethylene compound. This problem is solved by a method for producing a difluoromethylene compound (I) containing at least one —CF2— moiety, the method comprising step A of allowing IF5 and a disulfide compound (III) of the formula: RA—S—S—RA (wherein RA, in each occurrence, independently represents aryl optionally having at least one substituent or alkyl optionally having at least one substituent) to act on a carbonyl compound (II) containing at least one —C(O)— moiety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya OHTSUKA, Yoshichika KUROKI, Atsushi SHIRAI, Moe HOSOKAWA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210206998
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel liquid repellent. A liquid repellent including a poly(hydrocarbylamine) derivative, which is poly(hydrocarbylamine) substituted by one or more substituents, wherein at least one of the substituents is a substituent on an amine nitrogen in the poly(hydrocarbylamine), and is represented by the formula: —Ray in which Ray is a hydroxyethyl group optionally having one or more substituents (at least one of the substituents is an alkyl group optionally having one or more substituents).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OITA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tsutomu KOBAYASHI, Atsushi SHIRAI, Yosuke KISHIKAWA, Seiji UJIIE, Shiori TOMITAKA
  • Patent number: 10851031
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a difluoromethylene compound. This problem is solved by a method for producing a difluoromethylene compound containing a —CF2— moiety, the method comprising step A of mixing: a) a carbonyl compound containing a —C(O)— moiety; b) optionally an amine; c) a fluoride represented by the formula: MF, wherein M represents a Group 1 element of the periodic table; d) a halogenated fluorine compound represented by the formula: XFn, wherein X represents chlorine, bromine, or iodine, and n is a natural number of 1 to 5; and e) sulfur chloride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya Ohtsuka, Yoshichika Kuroki, Atsushi Shirai, Moe Hosokawa, Yosuke Kishikawa
  • Publication number: 20200087230
    Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a novel method for producing a difluoromethylene compound. This problem is solved by a method for producing a difluoromethylene compound containing a —CF2— moiety, the method comprising step A of mixing: a) a carbonyl compound containing a —C(O)— moiety; b) optionally an amine; c) a fluoride represented by the formula: MF, wherein M represents a Group 1 element of the periodic table; d) a halogenated fluorine compound represented by the formula: XFn, wherein X represents chlorine, bromine, or iodine, and n is a natural number of 1 to 5; and e) sulfur chloride.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya OHTSUKA, Yoshichika KUROKI, Atsushi SHIRAI, Moe HOSOKAWA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20190375636
    Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide a simple method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride. The object is achieved by a method for producing sulfur tetrafluoride, comprising step A of reacting a fluorinated halogen compound with sulfur chloride, the fluorinated halogen compound being represented by formula: XFn, wherein X is chlorine, bromine, or iodine; and n is a natural number of 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuya OHTSUKA, Yoshichika KUROKI, Atsushi SHIRAI, Moe HOSOKAWA, Yosuke KISHIKAWA
  • Patent number: 10479681
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a novel substance that has a high reactivity as a fluorinating agent, is effectively used in various fluorination reactions, and is safely handled even in air. As the solution for achieving this object, the present invention provides a complex obtained by reacting bromine trifluoride with at least one metal halide selected from the group consisting of halogenated metals and halogenated hydrogen metals in a nonpolar solvent. This complex serves as a fluorinating agent that provides excellent fluorination performance and that is stable in air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shoji Hara, Yosuke Kishikawa, Atsushi Shirai, Takashi Namikawa, Sumi Ishihara