Patents by Inventor Wallace E. Taylor

Wallace E. Taylor 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).

  • Peracetic acid oxidation of amines to amine oxides
    Patent number: 3957873
    Abstract: An improved process for oxidizing an amine to the corresponding amine oxide with peracetic acid comprises carrying out the reaction in a distillation column, using as oxidant the gaseous mixture of peracetic acid and acetaldehyde resulting from the vapor-phase oxidation of acetaldehyde with oxygen. The amine is introduced in liquid form into the upper portion of the distillation column while the gaseous mixture of peracetic acid and acetaldehyde is simultaneously introduced into an intermediate location in the column. Reaction takes place within the column, with acetic acid and acetaldehyde being withdrawn as vapor from the top while a liquid comprising the amine oxide product is recovered from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1971
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Hubert H. Thigpen, Wallace E. Taylor, Arthur W. Schnizer