Patents by Inventor Christopher Hardacre

Christopher Hardacre 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).

  • Catalyst comprising indium salt and organic ionic liquid and process for friedel-crafts reactions
    Publication number: 20050054694
    Abstract: Disclosed is a catalyst composition based on an indium salt and an organic ionic liquid, a process for making the catalyst composition, and uses thereof. The catalyst composition is particularly suitable for Lewis acid catalysed electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, such as Friedel-Crafts alkylation reactions an Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Kenneth Seddon, Christopher Hardacre, Barry McAuley
  • Process utilising zeolites as catalysts/catalyst precursors
    Publication number: 20050049438
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided the use of an organic ionic liquid in a zeolite-catalysed process, for example an acylation, alkylation, isomerisation or hydrocracking process in which zeolites act as catalysts or catalyst precursors, especially Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2002
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Hardacre, David Rooney, Jillian Thompson, Suhas Katdare
  • Hydrogenation process
    Publication number: 20040267034
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterogeneous processes (i) for the hydrogenation of a compound containing at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, and (ii) for the hydro-dehalogenation of a compound containing at least one C—Cl, C—Br or C—I bond. The processes comprise reacting said compound with a hydrogenating agent and a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of an ionic liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Kris Anderson, Peter Goodrich, Christopher Hardacre, Sarah Elizabeth Jane McMath