Patents by Inventor Remo Stohler

Remo Stohler 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).

  • Patent number: 8519151
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of formula (I) which process comprises a) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein X is chloro or bromo, with an organometallic species to (III), wherein X is chloro or bromo; reacting the halobenzyne with a fulvene (IV), to a compound of formula (V) wherein X is chloro or bromo; b) hydrogenating V in the presence of a suitable metal catalyst to a compound of formula (VI) wherein X is chloro or bromo; and either c1) reacting the compound of formula VI with NH3 in the presence of a catalyst comprising palladium and at least one ligand to the compound of formula (VII); and d) reacting the compound of formula VII in the presence of a base with a compound of formula (VIII), to the compound of formula I; or c2 reacting the compound of formula (VI) in the presence of a copper catalyst and a ligand with the compound of formula (VIIIa), to the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Syngenta Crop Protection LLC
    Inventors: Denis Gribkov, Remo Stohler, Thomas Vettiger, Michael Rommel
  • Publication number: 20130035495
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of formula (I) which process comprises a) reacting a compound of formula (II), wherein X is chloro or bromo, with an organometallic species to (III), wherein X is chloro or bromo; reacting the halobenzyne with a fulvene (IV), to a compound of formula (V) wherein X is chloro or bromo; b) hydrogenating V in the presence of a suitable metal catalyst to a compound of formula (VI) wherein X is chloro or bromo; and either c1) reacting the compound of formula VI with NH3 in the presence of a catalyst comprising palladium and at least one ligand to the compound of formula (VII); and d) reacting the compound of formula VII in the presence of a base with a compound of formula (VIII), to the compound of formula I; or c2 reacting the compound of formula (VI) in the presence of a copper catalyst and a ligand with the compound of formula (VIIIa), to the compound of formula (I).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION LLC
    Inventors: Denis Gribkov, Remo Stohler, Thomas Vettiger, Michael Rommel