Patents by Inventor Guenter Wegner
Guenter Wegner 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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Patent number: 11884611Abstract: A reactor for performing a gas/liquid biphasic high-pressure reaction with a foaming medium, comprising an interior formed by a cylindrical, vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by internals into a backmixed zone and a zone of limited backmixing, wherein the backmixed zone and the zone of limited backmixing are consecutively traversable by the reaction mixture, wherein the backmixed zone comprises means for introducing gas and liquid and a gas outlet and also comprises at least one mixing apparatus selected from a stirrer, a jet nozzle and means for injecting the gas, and the zone of limited backmixing comprises a reaction product outlet, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor and which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the backmixed zone, backmixing-preventing second internal elements in the form of random packings, structured packings or liquid-permeable trays arranged in thType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Oliver Bey, Peter Zehner, Michael Acker, Rocco Paciello, Mathias Schelwies, Martin Haubner, Guenter Wegner, Gerd Tebben, Gunnar Heydrich, Georg Seeber
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Patent number: 11766653Abstract: A process for performing a continuous gas/liquid biphasic high-pressure reaction, wherein a gas and a liquid are introduced into a backmixed zone of a reactor and in the backmixed zone the gas is dispersed in the liquid by stirring, injection of gas and/or a liquid jet, a reaction mixture consecutively traverses the backmixed zone and a zone of limited backmixing, and a liquid reaction product is withdrawn at a reaction product outlet of the zone of limited backmixing, wherein the reactor comprises: an interior formed by a cylindrical vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by means of internals into the backmixed zone, the zone of limited backmixing and a cavity, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor and which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the backmixed zone, backmixing-preventing second internal elements in the form of random packings, structured packings or liquid-permeabType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Oliver Bey, Peter Zehner, Andreas Keller, Stephanie Renz, Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Martin Haubner, Guenter Wegner, Gerd Tebben, Gunnar Heydrich, Georg Seeber
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Patent number: 11529607Abstract: A reactor for performing a reaction between two immiscible fluids of different density, comprising an interior formed by a cylindrical, vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by internals into a backmixed zone, a zone of limited backmixing preferably arranged below the backmixed zone and a plug-flow zone which are at least consecutively traversable by one of the fluids, wherein the backmixed zone comprises at least one inlet and the plug-flow zone comprises an outlet and the backmixed zone comprises at least one mixing apparatus selected from a stirrer, a jet nozzle and means for injecting the fluid of lower density, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor, which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the plug-flow zone and which comprises a first passage to the backmixed zone and a second passage to the plug-flow zone, a second internal element which delimits the backmixed zone fromType: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Oliver Bey, Peter Zehner, Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Martin Haubner, Guenter Wegner, Gerd Tebben, Gunnar Heydrich, Georg Seeber, Michael Acker
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Publication number: 20210371361Abstract: A reactor for performing a gas/liquid biphasic high-pressure reaction with a foaming medium, comprising an interior formed by a cylindrical, vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by internals into a backmixed zone and a zone of limited backmixing, wherein the backmixed zone and the zone of limited backmixing are consecutively traversable by the reaction mixture, wherein the backmixed zone comprises means for introducing gas and liquid and a gas outlet and also comprises at least one mixing apparatus selected from a stirrer, a jet nozzle and means for injecting the gas, and the zone of limited backmixing comprises a reaction product outlet, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor and which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the backmixed zone, backmixing-preventing second internal elements in the form of random packings, structured packings or liquid-permeable trays arranged in thType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Oliver BEY, Peter ZEHNER, Michael ACKER, Rocco PACIELLO, Mathias SCHELWIES, Martin HAUBNER, Guenter WEGNER, Gerd TEBBEN, Gunnar HEYDRICH, Georg SEEBER
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Publication number: 20210354101Abstract: A process for performing a continuous gas/liquid biphasic high-pressure reaction, wherein a gas and a liquid are introduced into a backmixed zone of a reactor and in the backmixed zone the gas is dispersed in the liquid by stirring, injection of gas and/or a liquid jet, a reaction mixture consecutively traverses the backmixed zone and a zone of limited backmixing, and a liquid reaction product is withdrawn at a reaction product outlet of the zone of limited backmixing, wherein the reactor comprises: an interior formed by a cylindrical vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by means of internals into the backmixed zone, the zone of limited backmixing and a cavity, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor and which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the backmixed zone, backmixing-preventing second internal elements in the form of random packings, structured packings or liquid-permeabType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Oliver BEY, Peter ZEHNER, Andreas KELLER, Stephanie RENZ, Mathias SCHELWIES, Rocco PACIELLO, Martin HAUBNER, Guenter WEGNER, Gerd TEBBEN, Gunnar HEYDRICH, Georg SEEBER
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Publication number: 20210275987Abstract: A reactor for performing a reaction between two immiscible fluids of different density, comprising an interior formed by a cylindrical, vertically oriented elongate shell, a bottom and a cap, wherein the interior is divided by internals into a backmixed zone, a zone of limited backmixing preferably arranged below the backmixed zone and a plug-flow zone which are at least consecutively traversable by one of the fluids, wherein the backmixed zone comprises at least one inlet and the plug-flow zone comprises an outlet and the backmixed zone comprises at least one mixing apparatus selected from a stirrer, a jet nozzle and means for injecting the fluid of lower density, a first cylindrical internal element which in the interior extends in the longitudinal direction of the reactor, which delimits the zone of limited backmixing from the plug-flow zone and which comprises a first passage to the backmixed zone and a second passage to the plug-flow zone, a second internal element which delimits the backmixed zone fromType: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Oliver BEY, Peter ZEHNER, Mathias SCHELWIES, Rocco PACIELLO, Martin HAUBNER, Guenter WEGNER, Gerd TEBBEN, Gunnar HEYDRICH, Georg SEEBER, Michael ACKER
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Patent number: 10301244Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Gunnar Heydrich, Günter Wegner, Gerd-Dieter Tebben, Martin Haubner, Andreas Keller, Oliver Bey, Stephanie Renz, Georg Seeber
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Publication number: 20180244598Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Mathias SCHELWIES, Rocco PACIELLO, Gunnar HEYDRICH, Günter WEGNER, Gerd-Dieter TEBBEN, Martin HAUBNER, Andreas KELLER, Oliver BEY, Stephanie RENZ, Georg SEEBER
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Patent number: 9975837Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Gunnar Heydrich, Günter Wegner, Gerd-Dieter Tebben, Martin Haubner, Andreas Keller, Oliver Bey, Stephanie Renz, Georg Seeber
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Publication number: 20180057437Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2015Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: Mathias SCHELWIES, Rocco PACIELLO, Gunnar HEYDRICH, Günter WEGNER, Gerd TEBBEN, Martin HAUBNER, Andreas KELLER, Oliver BEY, Stephanie RENZ, Georg SEEBER
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Patent number: 8779212Abstract: The use of a supported noble metal catalyst obtainable by applying a sparingly soluble noble metal compound to a support from solution or suspension, and subsequently treating thermally, for preparing olefinically unsaturated carbonyl compounds.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2009Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Torsten Mäurer, Georg Seeber, Radwan Abdallah, Thorsten Johann, Günter Wegner
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Patent number: 8604252Abstract: Supported noble metal-comprising catalysts which can be obtained by a) application of colloidal noble metal in the form of a colloidal solution, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to a support material, b1) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350° C., or b2) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350° C. and subsequent calcination at from 350 to 550° C. for epoxidation or oxidative dehydrogenation, a process for producing it, its use and also the use of colloidal noble metal for producing supported catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Georg Seeber, Peter Löchner, Stefan Bauer, Tobias Rosendahl, Torsten Mäurer, Günter Wegner, Martin Kamasz
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Publication number: 20120108831Abstract: Supported noble metal-comprising catalysts which can be obtained by a) application of colloidal noble metal in the form of a colloidal solution, optionally in admixture with additives acting as promoters, to a support material, b1) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350° C., or b2) drying of the resulting product at from 150 to 350° C. and subsequent calcination at from 350 to 550° C. for epoxidation or oxidative dehydrogenation, a process for producing it, its use and also the use of colloidal noble metal for producing supported catalysts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Georg Seeber, Peter Löchner, Stefan Bauer, Tobias Rosendahl, Torsten Mäurer, Günter Wegner, Martin Kamasz
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Publication number: 20110015446Abstract: The use of a supported noble metal catalyst obtainable by applying a sparingly soluble noble metal compound to a support from solution or suspension, and subsequently treating thermally, for preparing olefinically unsaturated carbonyl compounds.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2009Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Torsten Mäurer, Georg Seeber, Radwan Abdallah, Thorsten Johann, Günter Wegner
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Patent number: 7005554Abstract: A process is described for selectively hydrogenating citronellal to citronellol in which a liquid phase, in which the citronellal is dissolved and particles of a catalyst are suspended which is capable of preferentially hydrogenating carbon-oxygen double bonds over carbon—carbon double bonds, is conducted through a device which inhibits the transport of the catalyst particles in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Georg Göbbel, Till Gerlach, Günter Wegner, Hartwig Fuchs, Signe Unverricht, Axel Salden
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Patent number: 6541660Abstract: A process is proposed for preparing C5 acetate for Vitamin A synthesis by hydroformylation of 3,4-diacetoxybut-1-ene (3,4-DABE), according to which a 3,4-DABE is used which is obtained by acetoxylation of 1,3-butadiene with acetic acid and air in the presence of a catalyst and removing by distillation the 3,4-DABE formed in this case as by-product.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Udo Rheude, Maximilian Vicari, Werner Aquila, Günter Wegner, Jörg Niekerken
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Patent number: 6518464Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for the preparation of unsaturated acetals by reacting olefinically unsaturated aliphatic compounds with allyl alcohols in a reaction column, where the reactants are only partially reacted in the reaction column, the resulting acetal is concentrated in at least two successive evaporation stages, and the recovered reactants are returned to the reaction column.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Jörg Therre, Gerd Kaibel, Werner Aquila, Günter Wegner, Hartwig Fuchs
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Patent number: 6369277Abstract: An &agr;,&bgr;-unsaturated carbonyl compound of formula (I) where R1 is saturated C1-40-hydrocarbyl or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic radical containing moiety, and R2, R3 and R4, independently of one another, are hydrogen or a C1- to C4-alkyl group, is selectively hydrogenated in the liquid phase to a saturated carbonyl compound of formula (II) with hydrogen in the presence of a pulverulent palladium and/or rhodium catalyst and in the presence of an organic base, by conducting the hydrogenation in a packed bubble column reactor in which product is recycled and hydrogen gas is recirculated.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2000Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Franz Josef Broecker, Gerd Kaibel, Werner Aquila, Hartwig Fuchs, Guenter Wegner, Manfred Stroezel
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Patent number: 5159117Abstract: A process for preparing .alpha.,.alpha.-dialkoxy ketones of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently of one another, hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.4 -C.sub.30 -cycloalkylakyl, C.sub.9 -C.sub.30 -alkylcycloalkyl, unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkoxy-, halogen-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl-, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkoxy-, phenyl-, phenoxy-, halophenyl-, halophenoxy- and/or cyano-substituted aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -aralkyl or heterocyclyl,R.sup.2 is also ##STR2## R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each, independently of one another, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.20 -cycloalkyl, aryl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.20 -arylalkyl, or together are an unsubstituted or C.sub.1-C.sub.4 -alkyl- substituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.7 -alkylene chain andR.sup.5 is R.sup.1 or together with R.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl-substituted C.sub.2 -C.sub.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1991Date of Patent: October 27, 1992Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Guenter Wegner, Stefan Karbach, Hubert Smuda, Eckhard Hickmann, Reiner Kober, Rainer Seele, Thomas Zierke
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Patent number: RE49036Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an optically active carbonyl compound by asymmetric hydrogenation of a prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound with hydrogen in the presence of at least one optically active transition metal catalyst that is soluble in the reaction mixture and which has rhodium as catalytically active transition metal and a chiral, bidentate bisphosphine ligand, wherein the reaction mixture during the hydrogenation of the prochiral ?,?-unsaturated carbonyl compound additionally comprises at least one compound of the general formula (I): in which R1, R2: are identical or different and are C6- to C10-aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, substituents which are selected from C1- to C6-alkyl, C3- to C6-cycloalkyl, C6- to C10-aryl, C1- to C6-alkoxy and amino; Z is a group CHR3R4 or aryl which is unsubstituted or carries one or more, e.g.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Mathias Schelwies, Rocco Paciello, Gunnar Heydrich, Günter Wegner, Gerd-Dieter Tebben, Martin Haubner, Andreas Keller, Oliver Bey, Stephanie Renz, Georg Seeber