Patents by Inventor Olivier Buisine

Olivier Buisine 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).

  • Publication number: 20250042741
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing bis(fluoro sulfonyl)imide salt(s) (MFSI) comprising at least a step of reacting an ammonium salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide (NH4FSI) with a fluorine-containing alkoxide. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the fluorine-containing alkoxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicant: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Woo-Jeong Jang, Young-Su Kim, Etienne Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20240286901
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing salts of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide and to a method for preparing alkali metal salts of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide from said bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salts. More specifically. the invention provides a new method for producing these salts of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide which is implementable at industrial scale and providing high-purity bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Woo-Jeong Jang, Young-Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20240228283
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salts, and their preparation methods. More specifically, the invention provides a new salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide containing from 0.01 ppm to 10000 ppm of a halogenated alcohol. The invention further relates to a method for producing said salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, said method comprising a step of crystallizing a raw salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide within a crystallization solvent comprising at least a halogenated alcohol. The use of said salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Yeon-Joon Kim, Byeong-Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20240132352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide salts, and their preparation methods. More specifically, the invention provides a new salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide containing from 0.01 ppm to 10000 ppm of a halogenated alcohol. The invention further relates to a method for producing said salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, said method comprising a step of crystallizing a raw salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide within a crystallization solvent comprising at least a halogenated alcohol. The use of said salt of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Yeon-Joon Kim, Byeong-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 11613465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fluorine- and sulphur-bearing compound of formula F—SO—R (I) or F—SO2—R (II), comprising the reaction, in the presence of water, of at least one salt providing a fluoride anion and at least one halgoenosulfoxide compound of formula X—SO—R? (I0) from a halogenosulfonyl compound of formula X—SO2—R? (II0), in which X is a halogen atom other than fluorine and R and R? are each a group linked by a covalent bond to the sulphur atom, said bond linking the sulphur atom with a nitrogen atom. The invention also relates to a method for producing salts of a fluorine- and sulphur-bearing compound of formula F—SO—R (I) or F—SO2—R (II) which are advantageously used as electrolyte salts, as precursors of antistatic agents or as surfactant precursors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, François Metz
  • Patent number: 10644351
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polymer electrolyte comprising a silicone polymer bearing pending polyoxyalkylene ether groups, at least one fluorinated salt and a solvent, said solvent representing between 10% and 60% by weight, relative to the total weight of the silicone polymer bearing pending polyoxyalkylene ether groups, of the fluorinated salt and of the solvent, and said solvent comprising at least one polyether solvent. In addition, the invention also relates to a process for producing said polymer electrolyte and to the uses thereof as an electrolyte in an electrochemical device, in particular as an electrolyte in a battery or in an electronic display device, in particular an electrochemical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 10122048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for preparing bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid, comprising: the reaction of sulphamic acid or one of the salts thereof with a halogenosulfuric acid and at least one fluorinating agent selected from SOF2, F—SO2—F and SF4, and the subsequent recovery of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid. The invention also relates to a method for producing salts of bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide from the bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide acid thus produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 9458119
    Abstract: A process for the production of a compound of formula (III) which comprises a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with an excess amount of a compound of formula (II) in absence of aromatic solvent, wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X is NH, O or S; each R1 group may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester, amido, cyano, halogenated aliphatic, nitro, and amino; and R2 group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, Cl, F, Br, amino, and alkoxy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Claude Mercier, Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 9394225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing an aqueous solution containing a salt of an organic compound including at least one acid function and at least one fluorine atom, or fluoric acid, by reaction between said salt and at least one Bronsted acid and an alcohol in the presence of an organic solvent solubilizing the resulting product, wherein said organic solvent consists of at least one dual-phase liquid/liquid reaction medium with the aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 9394247
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous sulfonimide compound of the formula (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, wherein Rf1 and Rf2 are independently selected from the group comprising: a fluorine atom and groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms selected from the perfluoroalkyl, fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl and fluoroallyl groups, from a mixture M1 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO2H and/or Rf2SO2H, Rf1SO2NH2 and/or Rf2SO2NH2, characterized in that said method includes an oxidation step of said mixture M1 using an oxidizing agent in order to obtain a mixture M2 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO3H and/or Rf2SO3H and Rf1SO2NH2and/or Rf2SO2NH2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Bernard Besson, Francois Metz, Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 9278935
    Abstract: A method for preparing a fluorinated organic compound (II) from an organic compound (I) comprising at least one nucleofugal group Nu, and also a preparation of different specific organic compounds, in particular a fluoro-methylpyrazole compound. The method comprises: a reaction, in the presence of water, of the organic compound (I) and at least one salt providing at least one fluoride anion; and a replacement of at least one nucleofugal group Nu of the compound (I) with a fluorine atom, in order to obtain the fluorinated organic compound (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Michael Dejoux
  • Patent number: 9120740
    Abstract: A method for preparing difluoroacetic acid is described. The method can include: reacting a difluoroacetic acid ester with an aliphatic carboxylic acid which, after transesterification, results in the formation of difluoroacetic acid and the corresponding carboxylic acid ester, the carboxylic acid being selected such that the ester of the carboxylic acid has a lower boiling point than that of difluoroacetic acid; and removing the ester of the carboxylic acid by distillation as the ester forms, thus enabling the difluoroacetic acid to be recovered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Alessandro Chiovato
  • Publication number: 20150232408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for processing an aqueous solution containing a salt of an organic compound including at least one acid function and at least one fluorine atom, or fluoric acid, by reaction between said salt and at least one Bronsted acid and an alcohol in the presence of an organic solvent solubilizing the resulting product, wherein said organic solvent consists of at least one dual-phase liquid/liquid reaction medium with the aqueous solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine
  • Publication number: 20150203449
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aqueous sulfonimide compound of the formula (Rf1—SO2) (Rf2—SO2)NH, wherein Rf1et Rf2 are independently selected from the group comprising: a fluorine atom and groups having 1 to 10 carbon atoms selected from the perfluoroalkyl, fluoroalkyl, fluoroalkenyl and fluoroallyl groups, from a mixture M1 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO2H and/or Rf2SO2H, Rf1SO2NH2 and/or Rf2SO2NH2, characterized in that said method includes an oxidation step of said mixture M1 using an oxidizing agent in order to obtain a mixture M2 including (Rf1—SO2)(Rf2—SO2)NH, Rf1SO3H and/or Rf2SO3H, and Rf1SO2NH2 and/or Rf2SO2NH2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Bernard Besson, Francois Metz, Olivier Buisine
  • Patent number: 9067869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing difluoracetonitrile and the derivatives thereof. The method for preparing difluoroacetonitrile according to the invention is characterized in that it includes reacting halogenodifluoromethane and a source of cyanide anions in an alkaline medium. The invention also relates to the use of difluoroacetonitrile as an intermediate in the manufacture of difluoroacetic acid and the salts, esters, or amide thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine
  • Publication number: 20150005505
    Abstract: A process for the production of a compound of formula (III) which comprises a step of reacting a compound of formula (I) with an excess amount of a compound of formula (II) in absence of aromatic solvent, wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X is NH, O or S; each R1 group may be the same or different, and is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkyl, carbonyl, carboxyl, carboxylic acid ester, amido, cyano, halogenated aliphatic, nitro, and amino; and R2 group is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, Cl, F, Br, amino, and alkoxy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Claude Mercier, Olivier Buisine
  • Publication number: 20140148603
    Abstract: A method for preparing a fluorinated organic compound (II) from an organic compound (I) comprising at least one nucleofugal group Nu, and also a preparation of different specific organic compounds, in particular a fluoro-methylpyrazole compound. The method comprises: a reaction, in the presence of water, of the organic compound (I) and at least one salt providing at least one fluoride anion; and a replacement of at least one nucleofugal group Nu of the compound (I) with a fluorine atom, in order to obtain the fluorinated organic compound (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, Michael Dejoux
  • Patent number: 8633334
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a highly pure trifluoromethanesulphinic acid. The method of the invention for preparing a highly pure trifluoromethanesulphinic acid, starting from an aqueous mixture comprising a trifluoromethanesulphinic acid salt, a trifluoroacetic acid salt and saline impurities resulting from the method for preparing same, is characterized in that said mixture is subjected to the following operations: —acidification such that the trifluoroacetic acid salt and the triflinic acid salt are released in an acid form, —separation of the trifluoroacetic acid and trifluoromethanesulphinic acid by distillation enabling the trifluoroacetic acid to be recovered at the top of the distillation and the trifluoromethanesulphinic acid to be recovered at the bottom of the distillation, —separation by distillation of the trifluoromethanesulphinic acid present in the distillation residue previously obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Vincent Schanen, Olivier Buisine, François Metz, Bernard Besson
  • Patent number: 8633336
    Abstract: The subject of the present invention is a method for separating a carboxylic acid in salified form bearing at least one halogen atom at the ? position of the carbonyl group from a medium comprising it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Rhodia Operations
    Inventors: Olivier Buisine, François Metz
  • Publication number: 20140012033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing difluoracetonitrile and the derivatives thereof. The method for preparing difluoroacetonitrile according to the invention is characterized in that it includes reacting halogenodifluoromethane and a source of cyanide anions in an alkaline medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventor: Olivier Buisine