Patents by Inventor Jim D. Byers

Jim D. Byers 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).

  • Metallotetradecadiene compounds
    Patent number: 4687867
    Abstract: Process for the production of the insect sex attractant, gossyplure, is provided. The process comprises first disproportionating 1,5-cyclooctadiene and 1-hexene to give 1,5,9-tetradecatriene, then metallating the triene to form a 1-metallo-5,9-tetradecadiene, and finally treating the organometal compound with a C.sub.2 -synthon to give directly 7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate or a substituted 7,11-hexadecadienyl moiety which can readily be converted to the desired acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Dennis S. Banasiak, Edward C. Mozdzen, Jim D. Byers
  • Preparation of gossyplure
    Patent number: 4609498
    Abstract: Process for the production of the insect sex attractant, gossyplure, is provided. The process comprises first disproportionating 1,5-cyclooctadiene and 1-hexene to give 1,5,9-tetradecatriene, then metallating the triene to form a 1-metallo-5,9-tetradecadiene, and finally treating the organometal compound with a C.sub.2 -synthon to give directly 7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate or a substituted 7,11-hexadecadienyl moiety which can readily be converted to the desired acetate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1986
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Dennis S. Banasiak, Edward C. Mozdzen, Jim D. Byers
  • Hydrogenation process
    Patent number: 4599469
    Abstract: Process for the hydrogenation of functionally substituted acetylenic compounds employing catalyst comprising nickel boride on an inorganic oxide support is disclosed. Functionally-substituted acetylenic compounds are selectively reduced under mild reaction conditions to give functionally-substituted cis-olefinic compounds in high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Ted H. Cymbaluk, Jim D. Byers, Marvin M. Johnson
  • Process for preparing olefinic aldehydes and chemical intermediates
    Patent number: 4571438
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of olefinic aldehydes and intermediates is disclosed. The condensation of an .alpha.,.omega.-dihalide with a metal acetylide gives an acetylenic halide which can be reduced to give an olefinic halide, then oxidized to give the desired olefinic aldehyde or the acetylenic halide can be oxidized first to give an acetylenic aldehyde and then reduced to give the desired olefinic aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Jim D. Byers, Dennis S. Banasiak
  • Process for preparing olefinic aldehydes
    Patent number: 4540826
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of olefinic aldehydes and intermediates is disclosed. The condensation of an .alpha.,.omega.-dihalide with a metal acetylide gives an acetylenic halide which can be reduced to give an olefinic halide, then oxidized to give the desired olefinic aldehyde or the acetylenic halide can be oxidized first to give an acetylenic aldehyde and then reduced to give the desired olefinic aldehyde.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Dennis S. Banasiak, Jim D. Byers