Patents by Inventor Michael Rack

Michael Rack 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).

  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUBSTITUTED PHENOXYPHENYL KETONES
    Publication number: 20160318881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the ketone compounds (IA) and their use as intermediates for the preparation of triazole fungicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicant: BASF AGRO B.V.
    Inventors: Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Joachim GEBHARDT, Michael RACK, Roland GOETZ, Stefan FUELSTER
  • Process for Providing Dihalogen Substituted Salicylic Acid Derivatives
    Publication number: 20160311747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing dihalogen substituted salicylic acid derivatives of formula (II):
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Eric George KLAUBER, Michael RACK, Thomas ZIERKE, Nicole HOLUB, David CORTES, Gerald SCHMELEBECK, Junmin JI
  • Process for Purifying 2,5-Dichlorophenol
    Publication number: 20160304425
    Abstract: A process for purifying 2,5-dichlorophenol, the process comprising the steps of distillation and subsequent crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Eric George KLAUBER, Michael RACK, Thomas ZIERKE, Sebastian WLOCH, Nicole HOLUB, Stefan DUDENHOEFFER, Gerald SCHMELEBECK, Junmin JI, David CORTES
  • SELECTIVE HYDROLYSIS AND ALCOHOLYSIS OF CHLORINATED BENZENES
    Publication number: 20160289157
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing a compound of formula (I): wherein R is hydrogen or R?, wherein R? is -(C1-C4)alkyl, and Hal is a halogen, the process comprising the step of: reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Hal is defined as above, with an alkali metal alkoxide of the formula XOR?, wherein X is an alkali metal, and R? is defined as above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Eric George KLAUBER, Michael RACK, Thomas ZIERKE, Nicole HOLUB, David CORTES, Gerald SCHMELEBECK, Junmin JI
  • Process for Hydrolyzing 1,2,4-trihalobenzene
    Publication number: 20160251294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for providing a compound of formula (I): wherein Hal is a halogen, the process comprising the step of: reacting a compound of formula (II) wherein Hal is defined as above, with an alkali metal sulfite of the formula X2SO3 and an alkali metal hydroxide of the formula YOH, wherein X and Y are independently selected from an alkali metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gerald SCHMELEBECK, Junmin JI, Eric George KLAUBER, Michael RACK, Thomas ZIERKE, Nicole HOLUB, David CORTES
  • Carbamates
    Patent number: 9409894
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbamates of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, as well as to a process for manufacturing carbamates of formula (I), and to the use of carbamates of formula (I) in manufacturing benzoxazinones of formula (VII).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Roland Götz, Joachim Gebhardt, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Timo Frassetto, Michael Rack, Volker Maywald, Bernd Wolf
  • Process for Manufacturing Haloacetamides
    Publication number: 20160176805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing haloacetamides of formula (I), comprising sub-step (a): reacting halones of formula (II) with oleum; followed by sub-step (b): reacting the reaction mixture obtained in sub-step(a) with an amine of formula (IV) optionally in the presence of a base; wherein the variables are defined according to the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Timo FRASSETTO, Volker MAYWALD, Michael RACK, Maximilian DOCHNAHL, Bernd WOLF
  • Process for manufacturing aryloxyacetamides
    Patent number: 9365495
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing aryloxyacetamides of formula (I), by reacting haloacetamides of formula (II) with a phenol of formula (III); wherein the variables are defined according to the description, and aryloxyacetamides of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Michael Rack, Michael Keil, Bernd Wolf, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Joachim Gebhardt, Timo Frassetto, Volker Maywald
  • N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds and their use as pesticides
    Patent number: 9365543
    Abstract: N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is A1 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Thomas Schmidt, Michael Puhl, Joachim Dickhaut, Henricus Maria Martinus Bastiaans, Michael Rack, Deborah L. Culbertson, Douglas D. Anspaugh, Franz-Josef Braun, Toni Bucci, Henry Van Tuyl Cotter, David G. Kuhn, Hassan Oloumi-Sadeghi
  • Process for manufacturing benzoxazinones
    Patent number: 9359312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a benzoxazinone of formula (I), by reacting a nitro compound of formula (II) with a reducing agent to obtain an amino compound of formula (III), and then reacting the amino compound of formula (III) with an acid; wherein the variables are defined according to the description, and benzoxazinone of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Michael Rack, Michael Keil, Bernd Wolf, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Joachim Gebhardt, Timo Frassetto, Volker Maywald
  • Carbamat-benzoxazinones
    Patent number: 9353070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, as well as to a process for manufacturing carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I), and to the use of carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I) in manufacturing benzoxazinones of formula (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Roland Goetz, Joachim Gebhardt, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Timo Frassetto, Michael Rack, Volker Maywald, Bernd Wolf
  • Process for Manufacturing 4-Propargylated Amino-Benzoxazinones
    Publication number: 20160137615
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing 4-propargylated amino-benzoxazinones of formula (I), comprising the following steps: step a) preparing propargyl chloride by reacting propargyl alcohol with thionyl chloride optionally in the presence of a catalyst; and step b) reacting the propargyl chloride prepared in step (a) with a NH-benzoxazinone of formula (II); wherein the variables are defined according to the description.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Timo FRASSETTO, Maximilian DOCHNAHL, Michael RACK, Volker MAYWALD, Bernd WOLF, Roland GOETZ, Philip MUELHEIMS, Rudolf HAEBERLE
  • SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINE COMPOUNDS HAVING HERBICIDAL ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20160102103
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substituted pyridine compound of the formula I or an agriculturally suitable salt or N-oxide thereof, wherein the variables in the formula I are defined as in the description. Substituted pyridine compounds of formula I are useful as herbicides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Gilbert BESONG, Matthias WITSCHEL, Ruediger REINGRUBER, Helmut KRAUS, Thomas SEITZ, Liliana PARRA-RAPADO, Trevor William NEWTON, Gerd KRAEMER, Richard Roger EVANS, Michael RACK
  • Aniline type compounds
    Patent number: 9282741
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crystalline form of 2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-N-[2-methyl-4-chloro-6-[(diethyl-?4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pest, which method comprises contacting the invertebrate pest or their food supply, habitat, breeding grounds or their locus with a pesticidally effective amount of a crystalline form of 2-(3-chloro- 2-pyridyl)-N-[2-methyl-4-chloro-6-[(diethyl-?4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]phenyl]-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Karsten Koerber, Prashant Deshmukh, Florian Kaiser, Michael Rack, Timo Frasetto, Gemma Zünd, Markus Kordes, Marco Naujok
  • Process for manufacturing 5-chloromethyl-2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic acid anhydrides
    Patent number: 9278977
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing 5-chloromethyl-2,3-pyridine dicarboxylic acid anhydrides (I) wherein Z is hydrogen or halogen; Z1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano or nitro; comprising the steps of (i) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein the symbols have the meaning given in formula (I), with a chlorinating agent, optionally in the presence of a radical initiator in a solvent selected from halogenated hydrocarbons, and (ii) crystallizing the compound (I) formed in step (i) from a solvent selected from chlorobenzene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, 1,4-dichlorobenzene, dichloroethane, trichloromethane, dichloromethane, toluene, xylenes, ethyl acetate, methyl tert.-butyl ether, and mixtures thereof. Compounds (I) are useful intermediates in the synthesis of herbicidal imidazolinones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Frederik Menges, Joachim Gebhardt, Michael Rack, Michael Keil, Rodney F. Klima, David Cortes, Robert Leicht, Helmut Zech, Jochen Schroeder
  • PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SUBSTITUTED OXIRANES AND TRIAZOLES
    Publication number: 20160002189
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the compounds II from the respective oxo compounds. Furthermore, he invention relates to a process for the preparation of triazole compounds from oxiranes II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas ZIERKE, Joachim GEBHARDT, Peter SCHAEFER, Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Michael RACK, Jan Klaas LOHMANN
  • N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds and their use as pesticides
    Publication number: 20150353523
    Abstract: N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is A1 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas SCHMIDT, Michael PUHL, Joachim DICKHAUT, Henricus Maria Martinus BASTIAANS, Michael RACK, Deborah L. CULBERTSON, Douglas D. ANSPAUGH, Franz-Josef BRAUN, Toni BUCCI, Henry Van Tuyl COTTER, David G. KUHN, Hassan OLOUMI-SADEGHI
  • Process using Grignard reagents
    Patent number: 9167817
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process using Grignard reagents for providing thio-triazolo group-containing compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Maximilian Dochnahl, Michael Keil, Joachim Gebhardt, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Frederik Menges, Michael Rack, Jens Renner, Bernd Wolf
  • CARBAMAT-BENZOXAZINONES
    Publication number: 20150299148
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I), wherein the variables are defined according to the description, as well as to a process for manufacturing carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I), and to the use of carbamat-benzoxazinones of formula (I) in manufacturing benzoxazinones of formula (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Maximilian DOCHNAHL, Roland GÖTZ, Joachim GEBHARDT, Uwe Josef VOGELBACHER, Timo FRASSETTO, Michael RACK, Volker MAYWALD, Bernd WOLF
  • Process for manufacturing fluoroaromatics
    Patent number: 9126905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing fluoroaromatics of formula (I), A-F ??(I) comprising step a) diazotization of aminoaromatics of formula (II) in anhydrous HF with an aqueous solution of a diazotizing agent; followed by step b) thermic decomposition of the diazonium salt of formula (III) resulting from step a); wherein the variables are defined according to the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Michael Rack, Maximilian Dochnahl, Volker Maywald, Bernd Wolf, Joachim Gebhardt, Timo Frassetto, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Roland Götz