Patents by Inventor Lucia Konigsmann
Lucia Konigsmann 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: 9084983Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggshell catalyst comprising an active metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, platinum and mixtures thereof, applied to a support material comprising silicon dioxide, wherein the pore volume of the support material is 0.6 to 1.0 ml/g, determined by Hg porosimetry, the BET surface area is 280 to 500 m2/g, and at least 90% of the pores present have a diameter of 6 to 12 nm, to a process for preparing this eggshell catalyst, to a process for hydrogenating an organic compound which comprises at least one hydrogenatable group using the eggshell catalyst, and to the use of the eggshell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Daniela Mirk, Thomas Heidemann, Michael Hesse, Martin Bock, Mario Emmeluth, Jutta Bickelhaupt
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Patent number: 8975460Abstract: A process is proposed for preparing acetylene by the Sachsse-Bartholomé process by combustion of a natural gas/oxygen mixture in one or more burners to obtain a cracking gas which is cooled in two or more stages in burner columns, each burner having one or more burner columns assigned thereto, and said cracking gas being quenched with pyrolysis oil in the first cooling stage, to obtain a low boiler fraction comprising benzene, toluene and xylene from the one or more burner columns, which is cooled with direct cooling water and separated in a phase separator into an aqueous phase and an organic phase which comprises benzene, toluene and xylene and is fully or partly introduced to the top of the one or more burner columns as a return stream, wherein the organic phase comprising benzene, toluene and xylene from the phase separator, prior to full or partial recycling to the top of the one or more burner columns, is supplied to a selective hydrogenation over a catalyst which comprises at least one platinum group mType: GrantFiled: July 15, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Maximilian Vicari, Thomas Heidemann, Dirk Groβschmidt, Jürgen Michel
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Patent number: 8889920Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM) from para-cymene. The process for preparing 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM) comprises an electrochemical process for preparing a mixture of 4-isopropylbenzaldehyde dimethyl acetal and 4-(1-alkoxy-1-methylethyl)benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal, and intermediates passed through in the process, a hydrolysis step to form the corresponding benzaldehydes and a hydrogenation of this mixture to form 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM).Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Florian Stecker, Ulrich Griesbach, Martin Bock, Lucia Königsmann
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Patent number: 8846956Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a composition enriched in cis-2-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-4-methyltetrahydropyran, comprising the catalytic hydrogenation of 2-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-4-methylenetetrahydropyran in the presence of hydrogen and a heterogeneous catalyst comprising ruthenium.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Thomas Heidemann, Lucia Königsmann
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Patent number: 8809588Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic amines by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aromatic nitro compound, which comprises using a copper catalyst with a support comprising SiO2, the SiO2 having been prepared by wet grinding and subsequent spray drying.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Konigsmann, Ekkehard Schwab, Michael Hesse, Christian Schneider, Thomas Heidemann, Celine Liekens, Jutta Bickelhaupt, Dirk Theis
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Patent number: 8624075Abstract: Process for isomerizing linear alpha-olefins having from 10 to 25 carbon atoms over a heterogeneous catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Ekkehard Schwab, Thilo Hahn, Germain Kons
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Patent number: 8598392Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing para-alkyl-substituted cyclohexylmethanols, especially 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol, by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrogen and in the presence of a catalyst which comprises, as an active metal, ruthenium applied to a support, the support comprising Al2O3 and/or SiO2, and the catalyst being used in the form of a fixed bed catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor or in a plurality of hydrogenation reactors connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Daniela Mirk, Lucia Königsmann, Jochem Henkelmann
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Publication number: 20120296111Abstract: The present invention relates to an eggshell catalyst comprising an active metal selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, platinum and mixtures thereof, applied to a support material comprising silicon dioxide, wherein the pore volume of the support material is 0.6 to 1.0 ml/g, determined by Hg porosimetry, the BET surface area is 280 to 500 m2/g, and at least 90% of the pores present have a diameter of 6 to 12 nm, to a process for preparing this eggshell catalyst, to a process for hydrogenating an organic compound which comprises at least one hydrogenatable group using the eggshell catalyst, and to the use of the eggshell catalyst for hydrogenating an organic compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2010Publication date: November 22, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Daniela Mirk, Thomas Heidemann, Michael Hesse, Martin Bock, Mario Emmeluth, Jutta Bickelhaupt
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Publication number: 20120289747Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising 4% by weight of ruthenium (Ru) or more and a support material comprising silicon dioxide, wherein the nitrogen content of the catalyst after the last drying or calcination is in the range from 1 to 3% by weight, and also catalyst precursors thereof. The present patent application further relates to a process for producing an Ru-comprising catalyst, which comprises the steps impregnation, drying, calcination and reduction. In addition, the present patent application relates to a process for hydrogenating organic substances in the presence of catalysts of the invention or catalysts produced according to the invention, and also a process for producing downstream products from cycloaliphatic amines prepared according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2012Publication date: November 15, 2012Applicant: Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38Inventors: Lucia Königsmann, Thomas Heidemann, Martin Bock, Joachim Pfeffinger, Benjamin Koch
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Publication number: 20120271090Abstract: Process for isomerizing linear alpha-olefins having from 10 to 25 carbon atoms over a heterogeneous catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2010Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Ekkehard Schwab, Thilo Hahn, Germain Kons
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Publication number: 20120245389Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrogenating organic nitriles by means of hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst in a reactor, where the shaped body catalyst is arranged in a fixed bed, wherein the shaped body in the shape of spheres or rods has in each case a diameter 3 mm or less, in the shape of tablets a height of 4 mm or less, and in the case of all other geometries in each case has an equivalent diameter L=1/a? of 0.70 mm or less, where a? is the external surface area per unit volume (mms2/mmp3), where: a ? = A p V p , where Ap is the external surface area of the catalyst particle (mms2) and Vp is the volume of the catalyst particle (mmp3). The present invention further relates to a process for preparing downstream products of isophoronediamine (IPDA) or N,N-dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) from amines prepared according to the invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Christof Wilhelm Wigbers, Christoph Müller, Wolfgang Mägerlein, Martin Ernst, Thomas Heidemann, Johann-Peter Melder, Lucia Königsmann, Milind Joshi, Oliver Bey, Bernd Stein
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Publication number: 20120178947Abstract: Process for preparing tetrahydrofuran, 1,4-butanediol and/or gamma-butyrolactone by hydrogenation of 1,4-butynediol, wherein 1,4-butynediol is vaporized in a hydrogen-comprising gas stream and hydrogenated in gaseous form over at least one catalyst which comprises at least one of the elements of groups 7 to 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Rolf PINKOS, Olga Osetska, Lucia Königsmann
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Publication number: 20120178948Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the catalytic hydrogenation of 1,4-butynediol to tetrahydrofuran at at least the decomposition temperature of 1,4-butynediol, wherein 1,4-butynediol is vaporized in a hydrogen-comprising gas stream and is hydrogenated in gaseous form over at least one catalyst, comprising at least one of the elements from groups 7 to 11 of the Periodic Table of the Elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: July 12, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Rolf PINKOS, Olga Osetska, Lucia Königsmann
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Publication number: 20120022308Abstract: A process is proposed for preparing acetylene by the Sachsse-Bartholomé process by combustion of a natural gas/oxygen mixture in one or more burners to obtain a cracking gas which is cooled in two or more stages in burner columns, each burner having one or more burner columns assigned thereto, and said cracking gas being quenched with pyrolysis oil in the first cooling stage, to obtain a low boiler fraction comprising benzene, toluene and xylene from the one or more burner columns, which is cooled with direct cooling water and separated in a phase separator into an aqueous phase and an organic phase which comprises benzene, toluene and xylene and is fully or partly introduced to the top of the one or more burner columns as a return stream, wherein the organic phase comprising benzene, toluene and xylene from the phase separator, prior to full or partial recycling to the top of the one or more burner columns, is supplied to a selective hydrogenation over a catalyst which comprises at least one platinum group mType: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Lucia Königsmann, Maximilian Vicari, Thomas Heidemann, Dirk Großschmidt, Jürgen Michel
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Publication number: 20110251439Abstract: The present invention relates to a continuous process for preparing para-alkyl-substituted cyclohexylmethanols, especially 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol, by catalytically hydrogenating the corresponding aldehydes or ketones in the presence of hydrogen and in the presence of a catalyst which comprises, as an active metal, ruthenium applied to a support, the support comprising Al2O3 and/or SiO2, and the catalyst being used in the form of a fixed bed catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor or in a plurality of hydrogenation reactors connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: October 13, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Daniela Mirk, Lucia Königsmann, Jochem Henkelmann
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Publication number: 20110207968Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM) from para-cymene. The process for preparing 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM) comprises an electrochemical process for preparing a mixture of 4-isopropylbenzaldehyde dimethyl acetal and 4-(1-alkoxy-1-methylethyl)benzaldehyde dimethyl acetal, and intermediates passed through in the process, a hydrolysis step to form the corresponding benzaldehydes and a hydrogenation of this mixture to form 4-isopropylcyclohexylmethanol (IPCHM).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: BASF SEInventors: Florian Stecker, Ulrich Griesbach, Martin Bock, Lucia Königsmann