Patents by Inventor Takashi Okazoe

Takashi Okazoe 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: 20240117113
    Abstract: A method for producing a polycarbonate, including reacting a dihydroxy component with a fluorine-containing carbonate component in a presence of a condensation catalyst to obtain a prepolymer, and heating the prepolymer at a temperature lower than a melting temperature of the prepolymer and subjecting the prepolymer to a solid state polymerization while discharging a by-produced fluorine-containing alcohol outside a system,
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: AGC Inc., Nagoya Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Masahito SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20240009224
    Abstract: The present invention provides a nucleic acid having excellent cell membrane permeability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicants: The University of Tokyo, AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Kohsuke AIKAWA, Honoka WATANABE, Akimitsu OKAMOTO, Kunihiko MORIHIRO, Taiichi KAGEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230406820
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method capable of efficiently synthesizing an SF5 group-containing compound, or the like. The present invention is a method for synthesizing an SF5 group-containing compound represented by the general formula (1) from a thioaryl compound represented by the general formula (2) [A1 is an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; G1 is —SH, —SCN, SF3, —S—S—R1, —S—CO—R2, —SR3, —SF2—R4, —S—Si—(R5)3, —S—PO—(R6)2, (N-phthalimidyl)thio group, or a thianthrenium group (R1 is an aryl group or a heteroaryl group; R2 and R5 are an aryl group, a heteroaryl group, an alkyl group, or an alkenyl group; R3 and R4 are an alkyl group or an alkenyl group, R6 is an aryloxy group, a heteroaryloxy group, an alkyloxy group, or an alkenyloxy group)].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: AGC Inc., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Tim GATZENMEIER, Kyoko NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230406819
    Abstract: The present invention provides a production method capable of synthesizing an aryl thiol ester compound under mild conditions rapidly at a high yield. The present invention provides a method for producing an aryl thiol ester compound including producing an aryl thiol ester compound represented by the following general formula (1) from a diazonium compound represented by the following general formula (2) and a thioate compound represented by the following general formula (3) by a Sandmeyer-type coupling reaction using a catalyst, [wherein A1 and A2 are each independently an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group; X1 is a monovalent anion; and M1 is a monovalent cation].
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: AGC Inc., The University of Tokyo
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Tim GATZENMEIER, Kyoko NOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230373898
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbonyl halide efficiently to the used halogenated hydrocarbon. The method for producing a carbonyl halide according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the steps of preparing a mixed gas comprising oxygen and a C2-4 halogenated hydrocarbon having one or more halogeno groups selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo and iodo, and flowing the mixed gas and irradiating a high energy light to the flowed mixed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUDA, Takashi OKAZOE
  • Publication number: 20230348279
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbonyl halide efficiently to the used halogenated methane. The method for producing a carbonyl halide according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the steps of preparing a mixed gas comprising oxygen and a halogenated methane having one or more halogeno groups selected from the group consisting of chloro, bromo and iodo, and flowing the mixed gas and irradiating a high energy light to the flowed mixed gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, AGC Inc., MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUDA, Takashi OKAZOE, Hidefumi HARADA
  • Publication number: 20230016405
    Abstract: A production method of producing a fluorine-containing olefin by allowing a first olefin represented by the following Formula (1) and a second olefin to react with each other in the presence of a ruthenium compound represented by the following Formula (X) is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO, AGC INC.
    Inventors: Kyoko NOZAKI, Midori AKIYAMA, Kenta MORI, Takashi OKAZOE, Yuichiro ISHIBASHI, Ko INADA
  • Publication number: 20220235091
    Abstract: To provide a nucleic acid excellent in cell membrane permeability and a method for its production. A nucleic acid containing a C2-10 perfluoroalkyl group having from 1 to 5 ether-bonding oxygen atoms between carbon atoms; said nucleic acid wherein said perfluoroalkyl group is directly or indirectly bonded to the 5?- or 3?-end of the nucleic acid, or said perfluoroalkyl group is indirectly introduced between two nucleotides; or a nucleic acid medicine comprising, as an active ingredient, a nucleic acid containing a C2-10 perfluoroalkyl group, which may have from 1 to 5 ether-bonding oxygen atoms between carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: AGC Inc., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Yuichiro ISHIBASHI, Akimitsu OKAMOTO, Kunihiko MORIHIRO, Kohsuke AIKAWA, Honoka WATANABE
  • Publication number: 20220177411
    Abstract: A method for producing a nitrogen-containing fluorine-containing compound includes a step in which a compound represented by formula (5) is fluorinated to obtain a compound represented by formula (6). R3 is a single bond or a C1-20 divalent organic group. R4 and R5 are each independently a monovalent organic group having an electron-withdrawing group, a C1-20 monovalent hydrocarbon group, or a C2-20 monovalent hydrocarbon group which contains an etheric oxygen atom between carbon atoms. At least one of R4 and R5 is a monovalent organic group having an electron-withdrawing group. R3, R4, and R5 may be bonded to each other to form a divalent organic group or a trivalent organic group. R6 is a C1-20 monovalent organic group. E3 is a divalent organic group. R3F, R4F, R5F, R6F, and E3F are groups formed by fluorinating some or all of hydrogen atoms of R3, R4, R5, R6, and E3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Yuichiro Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20220119440
    Abstract: A peptide having a fluoroalkyl group as its side chain and a method for producing, which comprises condensing a compound represented by the formula (6-2) or (6-4), where means that an asymmetric carbon atom has an absolute configuration of S or R, Rf is a C1-30 alkyl group which is substituted with at least two fluorine atoms, and which may further be substituted with a halogen atom other than a fluorine atom (when the C1-30 alkyl group is a C2-30 alkyl group, it may have 1 to 5 etheric oxygen atoms between carbon atoms), and R2 is a protecting group for the amino group, with a fluorinated amino acid having its carboxy group protected, an amino acid having its carboxy group protected, a fluorinated peptide having its C-terminal protected, or a peptide having its C-terminal protected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: AGC Inc., THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Yuichiro ISHIBASHI, Shinsuke SANDO, Jumpei MORIMOTO, Kohsuke AIKAWA, Toshiki MIKAMI, Takahiro ONO
  • Publication number: 20220002234
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an isocyanate compound safely and efficiently. The method for producing an isocyanate compound according to the present invention is characterized in comprising the steps of irradiating a high energy light to a halogenated methane at a temperature of 15° C. or lower in the presence of oxygen, and further adding a primary amine compound to be reacted without irradiating a high energy light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION KOBE UNIVERSITY, AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Akihiko TSUDA, Takashi OKAZOE
  • Patent number: 9796655
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a production process capable of selectively producing various kinds of carbonate compounds without restraint in high yields without using toxic compounds such as phosgene and crown ethers, without producing corrosive gases such as hydrogen chloride as a by-product, and without necessity of removing the chloroform as a by-product by distillation, and to a method for producing a carbonate compound, containing reacting compound (1) with a compound having an OH group in the presence of a metal salt and 0.2 to 4.0 mol of compound (2) per mol of the metal salt to obtain a carbonate compound, in which m is an integer of 1-10, Q is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, etc, and R10 and R11 are alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Atsushi Fujimori, Takashi Okazoe
  • Patent number: 9617379
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbonate compound and methacrylic acid or an ester thereof, containing a step (a1) of obtaining hexachloroacetone and hydrogen chloride from acetone and chlorine molecule, a step (a2) of obtaining a dialkyl carbonate and chloroform from hexachloroacetone and an alkyl alcohol, a step (b1) of obtaining 1,1,1-trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol from chloroform and acetone, a step (b2+b3 or b4) of obtaining methacrylic acid or an ester thereof and hydrogen chloride from 1,1,1-trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol and water or an alcohol, and a step (c1 or c2) of obtaining chlorine molecule by reacting hydrogen chloride with oxygen molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Okazoe, Masayuki Miyazaki, Kazuya Oharu, Tomoyuki Fujita, Shinji Wada, Koichi Murata, Naoko Shirota
  • Publication number: 20160347905
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a carbonate compound and methacrylic acid or an ester thereof, containing a step (a1) of obtaining hexachloroacetone and hydrogen chloride from acetone and chlorine molecule, a step (a2) of obtaining a dialkyl carbonate and chloroform from hexachloroacetone and an alkyl alcohol, a step (b1) of obtaining 1,1,1-trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol from chloroform and acetone, a step (b2+b3 or b4) of obtaining methacrylic acid or an ester thereof and hydrogen chloride from 1,1,1-trichloro-2-methyl-2-propanol and water or an alcohol, and a step (c1 or c2) of obtaining chlorine molecule by reacting hydrogen chloride with oxygen molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi OKAZOE, Masayuki MIYAZAKI, Kazuya OHARU, Tomoyuki FUJITA, Shinji WADA, Koichi MURATA, Naoko SHIROTA
  • Patent number: 9447235
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing polycarbonate containing following step (a) and step (b), (a) a step of reacting a specific fluorine-containing carbonate (Compound (1), etc.) and an aromatic dihydroxy compound in the presence of a condensation catalyst, to obtain a prepolymer, and (b) a step of heating the prepolymer at a temperature which is lower than a melting temperature of the prepolymer and performing solid phase polymerization on the prepolymer while a fluorine-containing alcohol that is produced as a by-product is discharged out of a system, to obtain a polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko Shirota, Takashi Okazoe, Kimiaki Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 9260383
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a carbamate compound, comprising reacting a fluorine-containing carbonic diester compound represented by formula (1) and a non-aromatic diamine compound represented by formula (2) without using a catalyst, to thereby produce a carbamate compound represented by formula (3), and a method of producing an isocyanate compound represented by formula (20) from the carbamate compound without using a catalyst, wherein R represents a fluorine-containing monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group, and A represents a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a divalent alicyclic hydrocarbon group or a divalent aromatic-aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Okazoe, Yuko Nagasaki, Hidekazu Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20160032046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing polycarbonate containing following step (a) and step (b), (a) a step of reacting a specific fluorine-containing carbonate (Compound (1), etc.) and an aromatic dihydroxy compound in the presence of a condensation catalyst, to obtain a prepolymer, and (b) a step of heating the prepolymer at a temperature which is lower than a melting temperature of the prepolymer and performing solid phase polymerization on the prepolymer while a fluorine-containing alcohol that is produced as a by-product is discharged out of a system, to obtain a polycarbonate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoko SHIROTA, Takashi Okazoe, Kimiaki Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 9238612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an unsaturated acid and/or an unsaturated acid ester, containing a process A of reacting a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1) at a temperature of 0° C. to 350° C. in the presence of a Brønsted acid catalyst and/or a Lewis acid catalyst, to prepare a compound (2) represented by the following formula (2); in which each of R1, R2 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom or an alkyl group; each of R3 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, or an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, a bromine atom, or an iodine atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Fujita, Shinji Wada, Takashi Okazoe, Koichi Murata
  • Publication number: 20150284314
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a production process capable of selectively producing various kinds of carbonate compounds without restraint in high yields without using toxic compounds such as phosgene and crown ethers, without producing corrosive gases such as hydrogen chloride as a by-product, and without necessity of removing the chloroform as a by-product by distillation, and to a method for producing a carbonate compound, containing reacting compound (1) with a compound having an OH group in the presence of a metal salt and 0.2 to 4.0 mol of compound (2) per mol of the metal salt to obtain a carbonate compound, in which m is an integer of 1-10, Q is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, etc, and R10 and R11 are alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu OKAMOTO, Atsushi FUJIMORI, Takashi OKAZOE
  • Publication number: 20150175520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing an unsaturated acid and/or an unsaturated acid ester, containing a process A of reacting a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1) at a temperature of 0° C. to 350° C. in the presence of a Brønsted acid catalyst and/or a Lewis acid catalyst, to prepare a compound (2) represented by the following formula (2); in which each of R1, R2 and R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom or an alkyl group; each of R3 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a deuterium atom; R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a deuterium atom, or an alkyl group or an aryl group; and X represents a chlorine atom, a fluorine atom, a bromine atom, or an iodine atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki FUJITA, Shinji WADA, Takashi OKAZOE, Koichi MURATA