Patents by Inventor Florian Klasovsky
Florian Klasovsky 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).
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Publication number: 20240010604Abstract: An improved process for synthesizing methacrylic acid and/or alkyl methacrylates, in particular methyl methacrylate (MMA), involves reacting acetone and hydrogen cyanide in the presence of an alkaline catalyst in a first reaction stage such that a first reaction mixture containing acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) is obtained. The process then involves working up the first reaction mixture containing acetone cyanohydrin (ACH), reacting acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) and sulfuric acid in a second reaction stage (amidation), and heating the second reaction mixture in a third reaction stage (conversion), such that methacrylamide (MAA) is obtained. The process further involves hydrolyzing or esterifying methacrylamide (MAA) with water and, optionally, alcohol, preferably water and optionally methanol, in a fourth reaction stage such that methacrylic acid or alkyl methacrylate is formed. The sulfuric acid used has a concentration of 98.0 wt % to 100.0 wt %.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: Röhm GmbHInventors: Steffen Krill, Florian Klasovsky, Daniel Helmut König, Patrick Wings
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Publication number: 20230416184Abstract: An improved process for synthesizing alkyl methacrylates, in particular methyl methacrylate (MMA), involves reacting acetone cyanohydrin (ACH) and sulfuric acid in a first reaction stage (amidation). The process then involves heating the first reaction mixture in a second reaction stage (conversion) such that methacrylamide (MAA) is obtained; and then esterifying methacrylamide (MAA) with alcohol and water, preferably methanol and water, in a third reaction stage such that alkyl methacrylate is formed. The sulfuric acid used has a concentration of 98.0 wt % to 100.0 wt %. A subsequent working up of the third reaction mixture involves least two distillations in which the byproducts methacrylonitrile (MeAN) and acetone are obtained as an aqueous heteroazeotrope at least in part in the top fraction. At least some of the aqueous heteroazeotrope is removed from the process and at least partially reintroduced into the third reaction stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: Röhm GmbHInventors: Steffen KRILL, Patrick Wings, Florian Klasovsky, Daniel Helmut Könlg
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Publication number: 20230399286Abstract: A process for preparing methyl methacrylate (MMA) and/or methacrylic acid (MAS) having improved yield, involves amidation, conversion, and hydrolysis/esterification. Especially high yields are obtained during the amidation and in the subsequent so-called conversion.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: Röhm GmbHInventors: Ufuk KOCKESEN, Patrick Wings, Steffen Krill, Florian Klasovsky
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Patent number: 10245578Abstract: The invention is concerned with catalysts for heterogeneous hydrogenation of oxo process aldehydes. The problem addressed by the invention is that of developing a catalyst containing neither chromium nor nickel. In addition, it is to enable the economically viable hydrogenation of aldehyde mixtures originating from industrial oxo processes on the industrial scale. For this purpose, the catalyst should not be reliant on costly precious metals such as Ru, Pd or Pt. This problem was solved by omitting the chromium and nickel in the preparation of a conventional Cu/Ni/Cr system, such that a catalyst wherein only copper occurs as hydrogenation-active component on the support material thereof, and not chromium or nickel, is obtained. What is surprising here is that a functioning catalyst for the purpose intended still arises at all even though two of three hydrogenation-active metals are omitted.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2017Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Robert Franke, Frank Geilen, Andreas Jess, Wolfgang Korth, Thomas Quandt, Arne Reinsdorf
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Publication number: 20180126361Abstract: The invention is concerned with catalysts for heterogeneous hydrogenation of oxo process aldehydes. The problem addressed by the invention is that of developing a catalyst containing neither chromium nor nickel. In addition, it is to enable the economically viable hydrogenation of aldehyde mixtures originating from industrial oxo processes on the industrial scale. For this purpose, the catalyst should not be reliant on costly precious metals such as Ru, Pd or Pt. This problem was solved by omitting the chromium and nickel in the preparation of a conventional Cu/Ni/Cr system, such that a catalyst wherein only copper occurs as hydrogenation-active component on the support material thereof, and not chromium or nickel, is obtained. What is surprising here is that a functioning catalyst for the purpose intended still arises at all even though two of three hydrogenation-active metals are omitted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Inventors: Florian Klasovsky, Robert Franke, Frank Geilen, Andreas Jess, Wolfgang Korth, Thomas Quandt, Arne Reinsdorf
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Patent number: 9567276Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alcohols by hydrogenation of aldehydes, in which use mixture comprising at least one aldehyde and at least one accompanying component is brought into contact, in the presence of hydrogen, with a heterogeneous catalyst, giving a product mixture which comprises at least the alcohol corresponding to the hydrogenated aldehyde, and at least one by-product, where the catalyst comprises a support material, and nickel and copper applied thereto. The invention also includes a chromium-free catalyst suitable for hydrogenating aldehyde mixtures with different chain lengths, in particular those which originate from different hydroformylations and can also comprise substances with C?C double bonds.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Robert Franke, Marc Becker, Thomas Quandt, Frank Geilen
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Publication number: 20160176792Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of alcohols by hydrogenation of aldehydes, in which use mixture comprising at least one aldehyde and at least one accompanying component is brought into contact, in the presence of hydrogen, with a heterogeneous catalyst, giving a product mixture which comprises at least the alcohol corresponding to the hydrogenated aldehyde, and at least one by-product, where the catalyst comprises a support material, and nickel and copper applied thereto. The invention also includes a chromium-free catalyst suitable for hydrogenating aldehyde mixtures with different chain lengths, in particular those which originate from different hydroformylations and can also comprise substances with C?C double bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: June 23, 2016Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Robert Franke, Marc Becker, Thomas Quandt, Frank Geilen
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Patent number: 9309180Abstract: Method for producing acrylic acid by dehydration of a C3 hydroxycarboxylic acid, characterized in that dehydration is achieved by contacting, at a temperature of more than 150° C., the hydroxycarboxylic acid with a mixture which is liquid at this temperature and comprises at least one metal salt of a C3 hydroxycarboxylic acid, and water.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Franz-Felix Kuppinger, Florian Klasovsky, Alexander May, Min-Zae Oh
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Publication number: 20150315115Abstract: Method for producing acrylic acid by dehydration of a C3 hydroxycarboxylic acid, characterized in that dehydration is achieved by contacting, at a temperature of more than 150° C., the hydroxycarboxylic acid with a mixture which is liquid at this temperature and comprises at least one metal salt of a C3 hydroxycarboxylic acid, and water.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: November 5, 2015Inventors: Franz-Felix Kuppinger, Florian Klasovsky, Alexander May, Min-Zae OH
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Patent number: 8981159Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the oxidation of a primary or secondary alcohol, preferably to form an aldehyde or ketone, comprising the following steps: a) providing a catalyst composition comprising at least one compound containing a nitroxyl radical, at least one NO source, at least one carbon or mineral acid or an anhydride of a carbon or mineral acid; b) producing a reaction mixture by adding at least one primary or secondary alcohol and a gas comprising oxygen and optionally one or more than one solvent to the catalyst composition from step a) or step e); c) incubating the reaction mixture from step b) at a temperature of between 0 and 100° C. or at the boiling point of the solvent; d) simultaneously with or subsequent to step c): crystallizing the reaction product; and e) recovering the catalyst composition by removing the crystallized reaction product from the reaction mixture obtained in step d).Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Thomas Haas, Thomas Tacke, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Michael Rimbach, Michael Volland, Michiel Janssen, Roger Sheldon, Juergen Haberland
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Patent number: 8946463Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemocatalytic liquid-phase process for the direct one-stage amination of alcohols to primary amines by means of ammonia in high yields using a catalyst system containing at least one transition metal compound and a xantphos ligand.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Thomas Tacke, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Haas, Matthias Beller, Andreas Martin, Jens Deutsch, Angela Koeckritz, Sebastian Imm, Juergen Haberland
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Patent number: 8927773Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines which comprises the process steps A) provision of a solution of a secondary alcohol in a fluid, nongaseous phase, B) contacting of the phase with free ammonia and/or at least one ammonia-releasing compound and a homogeneous catalyst and optionally C) isolation of the primary amine formed in process step B), characterized in that the volume ratio of the volume of the liquid phase to the volume of the gas phase in process step B is greater than or equal to 0.25, and/or in that the ammonia is used in process step B) in a molar ratio based on the hydroxyl groups in the secondary alcohol of at least 5:1.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Tacke, Thomas Haas, Andreas Martin, Jens Deutsch, Angela Koeckritz
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Patent number: 8835691Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines comprising the process steps A) provision of a solution of a primary alcohol in a fluid, nongaseous phase, B) contacting of the phase with free ammonia and/or at least one ammonia-releasing compound and a homogeneous catalyst and optionally C) isolation of the primary amine formed in process step B), characterized in that the volume ratio of the volume of the liquid phase to the volume of the gas phase in process step B is greater than 0.05 and/or in that process step B is carried out at pressures greater than 10 bar.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Tacke, Thomas Haas, Matthias Beller, Angela Koeckritz, Jens Deutsch, Andreas Martin, Sebastian Imm
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Publication number: 20140039223Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the oxidation of a primary or secondary alcohol, preferably to form an aldehyde or ketone, comprising the following steps: a) providing a catalyst composition comprising at least one compound containing a nitroxyl radical, at least one NO source, at least one carbon or mineral acid or an anhydride of a carbon or mineral acid; b) producing a reaction mixture by adding at least one primary or secondary alcohol and a gas comprising oxygen and optionally one or more than one solvent to the catalyst composition from step a) or step e); c) incubating the reaction mixture from step b) at a temperature of between 0 and 100° C. or at the boiling point of the solvent; d) simultaneously with or subsequent to step c): crystallizing the reaction product; and e) recovering the catalyst composition by removing the crystallized reaction product from the reaction mixture obtained in step d).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Thomas Haas, Thomas Tacke, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Michael Rimbach, Michael Volland, Michiel Janssen, Roger Sheldon, Juergen Haberland
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Publication number: 20130331580Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemocatalytic liquid-phase process for the direct one-stage amination of alcohols to primary amines by means of ammonia in high yields using a catalyst system containing at least one transition metal compound and a xantphos ligand.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2011Publication date: December 12, 2013Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Thomas Tacke, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Haas, Matthias Beller, Andreas Martin, Jens Deutsch, Angela Koeckritz, Sebastian Imm, Juergen Haberland
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Publication number: 20130245276Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines comprising the process steps A) provision of a solution of a primary alcohol in a fluid, nongaseous phase, B) contacting of the phase with free ammonia and/or at least one ammonia-releasing compound and a homogeneous catalyst and optionally C) isolation of the primary amine formed in process step B), characterized in that the volume ratio of the volume of the liquid phase to the volume of the gas phase in process step B is greater than 0.05 and/or in that process step B is carried out at pressures greater than 10 bar.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2011Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Tacke, Thomas Haas, Matthias Beller, Angela Koeckritz, Jens Deutsch, Andreas Martin, Sebastian Imm
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Publication number: 20130165672Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing primary amines which comprises the process steps A) provision of a solution of a secondary alcohol in a fluid, nongaseous phase, B) contacting of the phase with free ammonia and/or at least one ammonia-releasing compound and a homogeneous catalyst and optionally C) isolation of the primary amine formed in process step B), characterized in that the volume ratio of the volume of the liquid phase to the volume of the gas phase in process step B is greater than or equal to 0.25, and/or in that the ammonia is used in process step B) in a molar ratio based on the hydroxyl groups in the secondary alcohol of at least 5:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: Evonik Degussa GmbHInventors: Florian Klasovsky, Jan Christoph Pfeffer, Thomas Tacke, Thomas Haas, Andreas Martin, Jens Deutsch, Angela Koeckritz
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Publication number: 20120034665Abstract: The invention relates to methods for producing aldehydes and the oxidation and reduction products thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbHInventors: Thomas Haas, Florian Klasovsky, Hendrik Krauter, Steffen Schaffer, Rene Schoebel, Thomas Tacke, Klaus-Dieter Vorlop, Thomas Willke, Mirja Wessel
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Publication number: 20110251399Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing aldehydes and ketones from easily accessible primary and secondary alcohols by oxidation with atmospheric oxygen or pure oxygen using a catalyst system which consists of a derivative of a free nitroxyl radical.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2010Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: EVONIK DEGUSSA GMBHInventors: Uwe Dingerdissen, Jan Pfeffer, Thomas Tacke, Thomas Haas, Harald Schmidt, Florian Klasovsky, Roger Sheldon, Michiel Janssen, Michael Volland, Michael Rimbach, Stefanie Rinker