Patents by Inventor Thibault Cantat

Thibault Cantat 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: 11912731
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing organic compounds of formula (I) by reaction between a silylated formiate of formula (II) and an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst and optionally of an additive. The invention also relates to use of the method for preparing organic compounds of formula (I) for the preparation of reagents for fine chemistry and for heavy chemistry, as well as in the production of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, and pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Clément Chauvier, Thibault Cantat, Timothé Godou
  • Patent number: 11820869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for depolymerising oxygenated polymer materials, in particular by nucleophilic catalysis and to the use of said method in the recycling of plastic materials and the preparation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds that can be used as fuel, synthesis intermediates, raw materials in the construction sector, and in the petrochemical, electrical, electronic, textile, aeronautical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agrochemical industry. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetics, perfumes, food products, synthetic yarns and fibres, synthetic leathers, glues, pesticides, fertilisers comprising (i) a step of depolymerisation of oxygenated polymer materials according to the method of the invention and optionally (ii) a step of hydrolysis, and optionally (iii) a step of functionalisation and/or defunctionalisation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis Monsigny, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20230192585
    Abstract: A method is for preparing acrylic acid from ?-propiolactone and for using ?-propiolactone. The process is based on a specific reactivity of ?-propiolactone whereby acrylic acid is formed under operating conditions that are mild, especially in terms of temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Louise PONSARD, Nicolas LENTZ, Emmanuel NICOLAS, Thibault CANTAT
  • Patent number: 11591225
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of production for carbon monoxide using a derivative of formic acid, in particular an alkyl formate. It also concerns a method chosen from among, the method of production of methanol, the method of production of acetic acid (Monsanto and Cativa methods), the method of hydroformylation of olefins (oxo and aldox method, the method of production of hydrocarbons (Fischer-Tropsch method), or the method of carbonylation of nickel (Mond method), comprising a step of production of carbon monoxide using an alkyl formate of formula (I) by the method according to the invention. It further concerns a “CO pump” or “CO liquid storage” method comprising a step of production of carbon monoxide using an alkyl formate of formula (I) according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Arnaud Imberdis, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20210292345
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing organic compounds of formula (I) by reaction between a silylated formiate of formula (II) and an organic compound in the presence of a catalyst and optionally of an additive. The invention also relates to use of the method for preparing organic compounds of formula (I) for the preparation of reagents for fine chemistry and for heavy chemistry, as well as in the production of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, and pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Clément Chauvier, Thibault Cantat, Timothé Godou
  • Patent number: 11084777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing alkylamines using carbon monoxide and the use of this method in the manufacturing of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres and synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers. It also relates to a method for manufacturing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers, comprising a step of preparing alkylamines by the method according to the invention. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing marked alkylamines and uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Solène Savourey, Thibault Cantat, Tawfiq Nasr-Allah
  • Publication number: 20210238380
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for depolymerising oxygenated polymer materials, in particular by nucleophilic catalysis and to the use of said method in the recycling of plastic materials and the preparation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds that can be used as fuel, synthesis intermediates, raw materials in the construction sector, and in the petrochemical, electrical, electronic, textile, aeronautical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and agrochemical industry. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetics, perfumes, food products, synthetic yarns and fibres, synthetic leathers, glues, pesticides, fertilisers comprising (i) a step of depolymerisation of oxygenated polymer materials according to the method of the invention and optionally (ii) a step of hydrolysis, and optionally (iii) a step of functionalisation and/or defunctionalisation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Louis Monsigny, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20210188650
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method of production for carbon monoxide using a derivative of formic acid, in particular an alkyl formate. It also concerns a method chosen from among, the method of production of methanol, the method of production of acetic acid (Monsanto and Cativa methods), the method of hydroformylation of olefins (oxo and aldox method, the method of production of hydrocarbons (Fischer-Tropsch method), or the method of carbonylation of nickel (Mond method), comprising a step of production of carbon monoxide using an alkyl formate of formula (I) by the method according to the invention. It further concerns a “CO pump” or “CO liquid storage” method comprising a step of production of carbon monoxide using an alkyl formate of formula (I) according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Arnaud Imberdis, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20210107859
    Abstract: A process for the synthesis of a carbon labeled organic compound containing a carbon labeled carboxyl group is described. A method of using carbon labeled organic compounds containing a carbon labeled carboxyl group according to the present disclosure; a process for manufacturing labeled pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals comprising synthesis of carbon labeled organic compounds containing a carbon labeled carboxyl group according to the present disclosure; and a process for producing tracers comprising synthesis of carbon labeled organic compounds containing a carbon labeled carboxyl group according to the present disclosure are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicant: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Davide Audisio, Thibault Cantat, Gianluca Destro
  • Patent number: 10370315
    Abstract: A method of depolymerizing lignin and to the use of this method in the production of fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, foodstuffs, synthetic threads and fibers, synthetic leathers, adhesives, pesticides and fertilizers is provided. It also relates to a method of producing fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, foodstuffs, synthetic threads and fibers, synthetic leathers, adhesives, pesticides and fertilizers, including a step of depolymerizing lignin using the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Elias Feghali, Thibault Cantat
  • Patent number: 10273250
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing unsaturated organic compounds chosen from the group formed by the aldehydes, the ketones, the imines, the carboxylic acids, the amides, and the esters with a boron formate having the formula (I) in the presence of a solvent and optionally a base. The invention also relates to the use of the method for reducing unsaturated organic compounds chosen from the group formed by the aldehydes, the ketones, the imines, the carboxylic acids, the amides, and the esters according to the invention in the preparation of methanol, methylated amines, formaldehyde and alcohols; for the preparation of reactants for Suzuki coupling reactions; and in the manufacturing of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibers, synthetic leather, pesticides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Clément Chauvier, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20190084917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing alkylamines using carbon monoxide and the use of this method in the manufacturing of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres and synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers. It also relates to a method for manufacturing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, adhesives, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, pesticides, surfactants, detergents and fertilisers, comprising a step of preparing alkylamines by the method according to the invention. The present invention further relates to a method for preparing marked alkylamines and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Solène Savourey, Thibault Cantat, Tawfiq Nasrallah
  • Patent number: 10189868
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for depolymerizing oxygenated polymer materials and the use of said method in the recycling of plastic materials and the preparation of aromatic compounds that can be used as fuel, synthesis intermediates and raw materials in the construction sectors and in the petrochemical, electrical, electronic, textile, aeronautical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agrochemical industries. The present invention also concerns the use of aromatic compounds obtained by the method for depolymerizing oxygenated polymer materials according to the invention, in the production of fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, drugs, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, food products, synthetic threads and fibers, synthetic leathers, glues, pesticides and fertilizers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thibault Cantat, Elias Feghali
  • Patent number: 10173993
    Abstract: A one pot single step process is described for the synthesis of a compound, including a labeled compound, containing a sulfonyl functional group comprising the step of mixing together a silane, an SO2 source, an electrophilic compound, an activating compound and optionally a metal catalyst. A process for producing tracers from a labeled sulfonyl containing compound prepared by the described process is also included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Niklas von Wolff, Joëlle Char, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20180327430
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing methoxyboranes by dismutation of formic acid or at least one of the derivatives thereof or a mixture of formic acid and at least one of the derivatives thereof, in the presence of an organoborane, and optionally an organic or inorganic base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Clément Chauvier, Thibault Cantat
  • Publication number: 20180327429
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for reducing unsaturated organic compounds chosen from the group formed by the aldehydes, the ketones, the imines, the carboxylic acids, the amides, and the esters with a boron formate having the formula (I) in the presence of a solvent and optionally a base. The invention also relates to the use of the method for reducing unsaturated organic compounds chosen from the group formed by the aldehydes, the ketones, the imines, the carboxylic acids, the amides, and the esters according to the invention in the preparation of methanol, methylated amines, formaldehyde and alcohols; for the preparation of reactants for Suzuki coupling reactions; and in the manufacturing of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibres, synthetic leather, pesticides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Clément Chauvier, Thibault Cantat
  • Patent number: 10081644
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing monocyclic aromatic compounds from lignin and to the use of the method and/or the aromatic compounds obtained by the method according to the invention in the production of fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, foodstuffs, synthetic threads and fibers, synthetic leathers, adhesives, pesticides and fertilizers. The invention also relates to a method of producing fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, medicines, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, foodstuffs, synthetic threads and fibers, synthetic leathers, adhesives, pesticides and fertilizers, including a step of preparing aromatic compounds from lignin using the method according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Commissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Elias Feghali, Thibault Cantat
  • Patent number: 9890180
    Abstract: A method for preparing oxyborane compounds of formula (I): using carbon dioxide, and the use of the oxyborane compounds obtained in this way for preparing methane derivatives, in particular oxygenated, halogenated or amino derivatives of methane. The methane derivatives obtained in this way can then be used in the production of vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibers and synthetic leathers, pesticides, and fertilizers, for example. Also provided is a method for producing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibers, synthetic leathers, pesticides, and fertilizers, for example, including a step of preparing methane derivatives, in particular oxygenated, halogenated or amino derivatives of methane, from oxyborane compounds obtained by the method according to the invention. Further provided is a method of preparing labelled oxyborane compounds and the use of same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Comissariat a L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thibault Cantat, Christophe Gomes, Enguerrand Blondiaux, Olivier Jacquet
  • Publication number: 20170349613
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for depolymerizing oxygenated polymer materials and the use of said method in the recycling of plastic materials and the preparation of aromatic compounds that can be used as fuel, synthesis intermediates and raw materials in the construction sectors and in the petrochemical, electrical, electronic, textile, aeronautical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agrochemical industries. The present invention also concerns the use of aromatic compounds obtained by the method for depolymerizing oxygenated polymer materials according to the invention, in the production of fuels, electronic components, plastic polymers, rubber, drugs, vitamins, cosmetic products, perfumes, food products, synthetic threads and fibres, synthetic leathers, glues, pesticides and fertilizers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thibault Cantat, Elias Feghali
  • Patent number: 9783514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing methylated amines using carbon dioxide and to the use of the method for manufacturing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibres and synthetic leathers, pesticides and fertilisers. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing vitamins, pharmaceutical products, glues, acrylic fibres, synthetic leathers, pesticides and fertilisers, including a step of preparing methylated amines by the method according to the invention. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing marked methylated amines and to the uses thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Thibault Cantat, Christophe Gomes, Olivier Jacquet