Patents by Inventor Ginette Elizabeth Struck

Ginette Elizabeth Struck 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).

  • Hydroformylation process using novel phosphite-metal catalyst system
    Patent number: 5840647
    Abstract: Disclosed are catalyst systems comprising one or more transition metals selected from the Group VIII metals and rhenium and one or more fluorophosphite compounds having the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrocarbyl radicals. Also disclosed are catalyst solutions comprising one or more the above fluorophosphite compounds, rhodium and a hydroformylation solvent, and hydroformylation processes wherein olefins are contacted with carbon monoxide, hydrogen and the catalyst solution to produce aldehydes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Thomas Allen Puckette, Ginette Elizabeth Struck