Patents by Inventor Hans Rupert Merkle
Hans Rupert Merkle 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: 7002023Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-substituted 5-chloro-4-methylpyrazoles of the general formula I with the meaning for R stated in claim 1, in which a 4-methylpyrazole of the formula II is reacted with chlorine, the resulting mixture of monochlorinated and dichlorinated product is fractionated by distillation, and subsequently the dichlorinated compound is dehalogenated to compound II and returned to the reaction with chlorine.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: February 21, 2006Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner
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Patent number: 6867326Abstract: In a process for preparing N-phosphonomethylglycine or a salt thereof by bringing phosphonomethyliminodiacetic acid or a salt thereof into contact with at least one oxygen-containing oxidant in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, the heterogeneous catalyst comprises at least one silicate.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2000Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ulrich Müller, Hans Rupert Merkle
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Publication number: 20040102505Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-substituted 5-chloro-4-methylpyrazoles of the general formula I 1Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2003Publication date: May 27, 2004Inventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner
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Patent number: 6538135Abstract: In a process for preparing 4-amino-5-chloro-1-phenylpyridazin-6-one by reacting 4,5-dichloro-1-phenylpyridazin-6-one with aqueous ammonia in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst used is soluble in the aqueous alkaline reaction medium but is essentially insoluble in the reaction medium which has been acidified after removal of the 4-amino-5-chloro-1-phenylpyridazin-6-one. The process of the present invention makes it possible for the catalyst to be recovered and reused in a simple manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2001Date of Patent: March 25, 2003Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Klaus Herbig, Erich Fretschner, Helmut Fröhlich
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Patent number: 6515139Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing N-substituted 2-pyrazolin-5-ones of the formula I where R has the meaning given in claim 1, which comprises reacting a compound of the formula II where R, X and Y have the meanings given in claim 1, at elevated temperature with a molar excess of alkali metal hydroxide in an aqueous reaction medium and then adjusting the pH to pH≦6 by adding an acid.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2002Date of Patent: February 4, 2003Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner, Knut Koob
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Patent number: 6252069Abstract: A process for preparing 3-isopropyl-1H-2,1,3-benzothiadiazin-4 (3H)-one 2,2-dioxide (I) or a salt of I which comprises reacting anthranilic isopropylamide II simultaneously with sulfur trioxide or chlorosulfonic acid in the presence of an organic base or with adducts of sulfur trioxide and organic bases and phosphorus oxychloride at from 50° C. to the reflux temperature, followed, if appropriate, by conversion into its salts, is described.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2000Date of Patent: June 26, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Otto Wörz, Erich Fretschner, Hanspeter Hansen, Albrecht Müller, Kurt Benz
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Patent number: 6229022Abstract: Pyrazole derivatives are prepared by reacting carbonyl compounds R1—C(O)—CH(R2)—CH2R3 with hydrazine, its hydrate or its salts in 30 to 100% by weight sulfuric acid in the presence of catalytic amounts of iodine or of an iodine compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 1999Date of Patent: May 8, 2001Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner
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Patent number: 6066761Abstract: A process for the isolation of 3-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]benzoic acid of the formula I ##STR1## from an aqueous solution of its metal salt comprises a) reacting the metal salt of 3-[2-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]benzoic acid with an organic or inorganic acid;b) heating the reaction mixture until a liquid two-phase system of organic and aqueous phase has formed; andc) separating the organic phase from the aqueous phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 1999Date of Patent: May 23, 2000Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Ronald R. Eva, Dirk Franke, Simon A. Jones, Wolfgang Mattmann, Manfred Munzinger
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Patent number: 5939584Abstract: Process for preparing solid, free-flowing water-soluble salts of aryloxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanecarboxylic acids by reacting the aryloxy-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkanecarboxylic acids with a salt-forming base, the salt formation taking place in the melt in the presence or absence of an entraining agent suitable for the azeotropic removal of water or in solution in the presence of an entraining agent suitable for the azeotropic removal of water and, if appropriate, removing the entraining agent from the reaction mixture during the reaction or subsequently and then isolating the solid salts in a customary manner.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 1997Date of Patent: August 17, 1999Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Karl Siegfried Brenner, Erich Fretschner, Michael Schonherr, Anne van Gastel
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Patent number: 5847154Abstract: A process for the preparation of 1,2-dimethyl-3,5-diaryl-pyrazolium methylsulfates of the formula I ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 -cycloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, halogen, nitro, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -haloalkyl or aryl all of which are inert under the reaction conditions, in which 1-methyl-3,5-diarylpyrazoles of the formula II ##STR2## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the abovementioned meanings are reacted witha) methanol and SO.sub.3,b) methanol and sulfuric acid or optionally,c) methanol and methylsulfuric acidelevated temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1998Date of Patent: December 8, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner
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Patent number: 5840913Abstract: A process for the preparation of an N-alkyl- or N-phenylalkyl-substituted pyrazole I by reacting the corresponding N-unsubstituted pyrazole II with an alcohol III of the formula R.sup.1 --OH where R.sup.1 is the same alkyl or phenylalkyl group to be added to the unsubstituted nitrogen group --NH-- of the pyrazole reactant. Both of the reactants, i.e. the pyrazole II and alcohol III compounds, are catalytically reacted in the liquid phase in a molar ratio of from 0.001:1 to 1:1, at temperatures of 50.degree.-400.degree. C. and under a subatmosheric pressure of from 0.8 bar up to a superatmospheric pressure of 250 bar. The catalyst required for this liquid phase reaction is selected as being at least one or more non-heterogeneous acid catalysts, their alkyl esters or their acid anhydrides.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1997Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner, Jurgen Schroder
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Patent number: 5795983Abstract: A process for preparing salts of 3-isopropyl-2,1,3-benzothia-diazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide of the general formula I ##STR1## (R.sup.1 -R.sup.4 =H, lower alkyl, lower hydroxyalkyl) by reacting bentazone (IIa) with an amine IIIa in an organic solvent, by reacting bentazone (IIa) with an amine IIIa or an ammonium salt IIIb in a virtually water-immiscible organic solvent and taking up the salt I in water or by reacting bentazone (IIa) with an ammonium salt IIIb or bentazone-sodium (IIb) with an ammonium salt IIIc, in each case in water.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 1997Date of Patent: August 18, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Alfons Durein, Hanspeter Hansen, Karl-Friedrich Jager
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Patent number: 5763659Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of optically active 2--halopropionic acids, in which the corresponding optically active alkyl 2--halopropionates are caused to react with a carboxylic acid at elevated temperature in a transacylation reaction with the formation of the optically active 2--halopropionic acid and the alkyl carboxylate, and the optically active 2--halopropionic acid obtained is separated from the reaction mixture. The optically active products produced are important intermediates for the preparation of plant protectants and pharmaceuticals.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 1997Date of Patent: June 9, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner, Hanspeter Hansen, Bernhard Zipperer
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Patent number: 5744614Abstract: A process for preparing 3,5-diarylpyrazoles of the general formula I ##STR1## where the substituents have the following meanings: R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 are unsubstituted or substituted aryl radicals, R.sup.2 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl or unsubstituted or substituted aryl,in which hydrazine hydrate is reacted with a 1,3-diarylpropenone of the general formula II ##STR2## where the substituents R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 have the abovementioned meanings, in sulfuric acid in the presence of iodine or an iodine compound, is described.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 1997Date of Patent: April 28, 1998Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Erich Fretschner
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Patent number: 4013684Abstract: New and valuable process for the production of 2,5-dimethylfuran-3-carboxylic amides by reaction of acyloxypropionaldehyde with acetoacetamide.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1973Date of Patent: March 22, 1977Assignee: Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans Rupert Merkle, Hardo Siegel