Patents by Inventor Sudhir Aki
Sudhir Aki 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: 10087201Abstract: A process of hydrolyzing a monodentate, bidentate or tridentate phosphorus-based phosphite ester ligand or ligand blend for a transition metal catalyst comprising contacting the ligand or ligand blend with a hydrolysis catalyst of the formula (R11X11)nP(OH)3-n where n is 0, 1 or 2 wherein the ligand or ligand blend comprises one or more of (i) a bidentate biphosphite ligand of formula (III), (R12—X12)(R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X24—P(X22—R22)(X23—R23), (ii) a tridentate triphosphite ligand of formula (IIIA) (R12—X12)(R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X32—P(X34—R34)—(X33—Y2—K24—P(X23—R23)—(X22—R22) or (iii) a monodentate phosphite ligand of formula (IV) P(X1—R1)(X2—R2)(X3—R3) where each X is oxygen or a bond and each Y is an optionally substituted C6-C20 arylene, followed by separation of the ligand hydrolysis products.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Thomas E. Vos
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Patent number: 9834505Abstract: A process of stabilizing a bidentate or tridentate phosphorus-based phosphite ester ligand or mixture thereof in a hydrocyanation reaction milieu comprising water, wherein the ligand or ligand mixture comprises one or more of (i) a bidentate biphosphite ligand of formula (III), (R12—X12) (R13—X13) P—X14—Y—X24—P(X22—R22) (X23—R23) or (ii) a tridentate triphosphite ligand of formula (IIIA) (R12—X12) (R13—X13) P—X14—Y—X32—P(X34—R34)—(X33—Y2—R24—P(X23—R23)—(X22—R22) where each X is oxygen or a bond and each Y is an optionally substituted C6-C20 arylene group, comprising admixing the bidentate and/or tridentate with a stabilizing amount of one or more monodentate phosphite ligand of formula P(X1—R1)(X2—R2)(X3—R3) where each X is oxygen or a bond, wherein the monodentate ligand has a rate of hydrolysis greater than the rate of hydrolysis of the bidentate or tridentate ligand in the presence of water in a hydrocyanation reaction milieu, and thereby preserve concentrations and proportions of the bidentate and/or tridType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, William J. Tenn, III, Thomas E. Vos
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Publication number: 20150166583Abstract: A method of stabilizing a phosphorus-based ligand or a ligand blend comprising a plurality of phosphorus-based ligands, wherein the ligand or ligand blend comprises one or more of (i) a bidentate biphosphite ligand of formula (III), (R12—X12) (R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X24—P (X22—R22) (X23—R23) (ii) a tridentate triphosphite ligand of formula (IIIA) (R12—X12) (R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X32—P(X34—R34)—(X33—Y2—R24—P(X23—R23)—(X22—R22) or (iii) a monodentate phosphite ligand of formula (IV) P(X1—R1)(X2—R2)(X3—R3) where each X is oxygen or a bond and each Y is optionally substituted C6-C20 arylene; the process comprising forming a mixture of the ligand or the ligand blend with a liquid which partially or fully solubilizes the ligand or ligand blend, the liquid consisting essentially of one or more of: (a) a solvent system that does not contain peroxidizable species; or, (b) a solvent system that is substantially free of a dissolved metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Thomas E. Vos
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Publication number: 20150158812Abstract: A process of stabilizing a bidentate or tridentate phosphorus-based phosphite ester ligand or mixture thereof in a hydrocyanation reaction milieu comprising water, wherein the ligand or ligand mixture comprises one or more of (i) a bidentate biphosphite ligand of formula (III), (R12—X12) (R13—X13) P—X14—Y—X24—P(X22—R22) (X23—R23) or (ii) a tridentate triphosphite ligand of formula (IIIA) (R12—X12) (R13—X13) P—X14—Y—X32—P(X34—R34)—(X33—Y2—R24—P(X23—R23)—(X22—R22) where each X is oxygen or a bond and each Y is an optionally substituted C6-C20 arylene group, comprising admixing the bidentate and/or tridentate with a stabilizing amount of one or more monodentate phosphite ligand of formula P(X1—R1)(X2—R2)(X3—R3) where each X is oxygen or a bond, wherein the monodentate ligand has a rate of hydrolysis greater than the rate of hydrolysis of the bidentate or tridentate ligand in the presence of water in a hydrocyanation reaction milieu, and thereby preserve concentrations and proportions of the bidentate and/or tridType: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, William J. Tenn, III, Thomas E. Vos
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Publication number: 20150158892Abstract: A process of hydrolyzing a monodentate, bidentate or tridentate phosphorus-based phosphite ester ligand or ligand blend for a transition metal catalyst comprising contacting the ligand or ligand blend with a hydrolysis catalyst of the formula (R11X11)nP(OH)3-n where n is 0, 1 or 2 wherein the ligand or ligand blend comprises one or more of (i) a bidentate biphosphite ligand of formula (III), (R12—X12)(R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X24—P(X22—R22)(X23—R23), (ii) a tridentate triphosphite ligand of formula (IIIA) (R12—X12)(R13—X13)P—X14—Y—X32—P(X34—R34)—(X33—Y2—K24—P(X23—R23)—(X22—R22) or (iii) a monodentate phosphite ligand of formula (IV) P(X1—R1)(X2—R2)(X3—R3) where each X is oxygen or a bond and each Y is an optionally substituted C6-C20 arylene, followed by separation of the ligand hydrolysis products.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2013Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Thomas E. Vos
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Patent number: 9040735Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile. The process can include feeding 3-pentenenitrile and HCN to a hydrocyanation reaction zone that includes a Lewis acid promoter, nickel, and a phosphorus-containing ligand. In various embodiments, the process can also include controlling water concentration within the hydrocyanation reaction zone sufficient to maintain a high activity of the ligand catalyst complex while recycling at least a portion of the ligand catalyst complex.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Wyatte E. Allen, Mark Anstrom, Charles Nelson Campbell, II, Tseng Chao, James E. McIntosh, Larry E. Moerbe, Bruce Edwin Murphree, Mark D. Rogers, William J. Tenn, III, Thomas E. Vos, Michael W. Wensing
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Publication number: 20140235887Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for hydrocyanating 3-pentenenitrile. The process can include feeding 3-pentenenitrile and HCN to a hydrocyanation reaction zone that includes a Lewis acid promoter, nickel, and a phosphorus-containing ligand. In various embodiments, the process can also include controlling water concentration within the hydrocyanation reaction zone sufficient to maintain a high activity of the ligand catalyst complex while recycling at least a portion of the ligand catalyst complex.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Wyatte E. Allen, Mark Anstrom, Charles Nelson Campbell, Tseng Chao, James E. Mcintosh, Larry E. Moerbe, Bruce Edwin Murphree, Mark D. Rogers, William J. Tenn, Thomas E. Vos, Michael W. Wensing
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Publication number: 20130299738Abstract: The invention relates to the use of an N2O-containing ionic liquid as a reagent in a chemical reaction, for example as an oxidising agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2011Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A.R.L.Inventors: Sudhir Aki, Keith Whiston, Tayeb Belhocine, Kenneth Richard Seddon
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Patent number: 8088917Abstract: The invention relates to an ionic liquid composition and a method for preparing the ionic liquid. The ionic liquid comprises a cation containing the Formula I, as herein disclosed, and wherein: n is 2, R1 is selected from the group consisting of: H, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl or together with R2 may form a heterocyclic ring, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of: H, C1-C12 alkyl, aryl or together with R1 may form a heterocyclic ring, and R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C12 alkyl, and wherein R1 and R2 are not simultaneously selected from hydrogen.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2008Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Invista North America S.A R.L.Inventors: Stewart Forsyth, Kenneth R. Seddon, Keith Whiston, Sudhir Aki
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Publication number: 20100234215Abstract: A catalyst composition and a process for using it to decompose nitrous oxide into nitrogen and oxygen are disclosed. The catalyst composition has surface area of about 1 to about 200 m2/g after exposure to a calcination temperature of between about 400° C. and about 900° C., or about 1 to about 100 m2/g after exposure to a calcination temperature of between about 400° C. and about 950° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Colin S. Slaten, Sudhir Aki
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Publication number: 20080299028Abstract: A catalyst composition and a process for using it to decompose nitrous oxide into nitrogen and oxygen are disclosed. The catalyst composition has surface area of about 1 to about 200 m2/g after exposure to a calcination temperature of between about 400° C. and about 900° C., or about 1 to about 100 m2/g after exposure to a calcination temperature of between about 400° C. and about 950° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2008Publication date: December 4, 2008Applicant: INVISTA NORTH AMERICA S.A R.L.Inventors: Colin S. Slaten, Sudhir Aki