Patents by Inventor Thomas T. Hudec

Thomas T. Hudec 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).

  • Process for the preparation of certain substituted aromatic compounds
    Patent number: 4982006
    Abstract: The present invention involves process for the preparation of compounds having the chemical structure: ##STR1## wherein Ar--H is an aromatic compound which is activated to an electrophilic attack, and wherein --Y is an aliphatic group having a labile moiety, especially where the labile moiety is a terminally unsaturated moiety: --C.tbd.CH, ##STR2## or aldehydes in the form of their acetals. The process comprises the step of reacting Ar--H and ##STR3## wherein --X is --Cl or --Br, and where the reaction step is carried out in a solvent medium at a temperature of from about -40.degree. C. to about -100.degree. C. using stannic chloride as a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Assignee: Norwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas T. Hudec