Patents by Inventor Wolfgang Anton Herrmann

Wolfgang Anton Herrmann 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: 5969166
    Abstract: Catalysts for the selective epoxidization of olefins with atmospheric oxygen, processes for their preparation and processes for the preparation of epoxides by oxidation of olefins with air or oxygen.Compounds of the formula (1) as catalysts for the selective epoxidization of alkenesM.sub.x O.sub.y (L).sub.z (1)in whichthe indices x, y and z have the following meaning:x is a whole number from 1 to 3, y is a whole number from 1 to 2x+1, y being selected so that the sum of x+z gives a metal oxidation number of +5 (vanadium) or +6 (molybdenum, ruthenium); z is a whole number in the range from 2 to 2x;M is molybdenum, ruthenium or vanadium andL is an N, 0 or S donor ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Bernd Scharbert, Gerhard Lobmaier, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann
  • Patent number: 5886240
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing aromatic acetylenes of the formula (I): Ar--C.tbd.C--R.sup.8a, where Ar is: ##STR1## by reacting haloaromatics or aryl sulfonates of the formula (II): Ar--X, with monosubstituted acetylenes of the formula (III): Ar--C.tbd.C--R.sup.8a, where Ar is defined above and X is bromine, chlorine or OSO.sub.2 R, in the presence of a palladium compound catalyst of the formula (IV): ##STR2## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy, fluorine, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), N(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CO.sub.2 -alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), OCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), or phenyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6, together form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, and R.sup.7, R.sup.8 are (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Beller, Claus Peter Reisinger, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann
  • Patent number: 5880302
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organometalic compound of the formula I ##STR1## where M is a metal atom, L are, independently of one another, identical or different .pi. ligands or other electron donors, T is a tin-containing bridge, Y are identical or different and are each a C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -hydrocarbon group, an amide group, an alkoxy group or a halogen atom and K=0 or 1.The organometallic compound is suitable as catalyst component for olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Targor GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Frank Kuber, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Markus Morawietz
  • Patent number: 5869584
    Abstract: A highly effective catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## in which, preferably M.sup.1 is Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl or halogen, R.sup.5 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are alkyl, where R.sup.3, R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be halogenated, --(CR.sup.7 R.sup.8).sub.m --R.sup.6 --(CR.sup.7 R.sup.8).sub.n -- is a single- or multi-membered chain in which R.sup.6 may also be a (substituted) heteroatom, and m+n is zero or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Targor GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Frank Kueber, Walter Spaleck, Herbert Riepl, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Volker Dolle, Juergen Rohrmann
  • Patent number: 5831128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic amines of the formula (I)Ar--NR.sup.1 R.sup.2 (I)in which Ar is ##STR1## and R.sup.3 to R.sup.9 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 -alkyl, alkoxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), acyloxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), OAr, Ar, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, OH, NO.sub.2, CN, CO.sub.2 H, CHO, SO.sub.3 H, SO.sub.2 R, SOR, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), N-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), NHCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), CO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), NHCHO, COAr, CO.sub.2 Ar, CF.sub.3, CONH.sub.2, CHCHCO.sub.2 R, POAr.sub.2, PO-alkyl.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), 5-ring heteroaryl, 6-ring heteroaryl, Si-alkyl.sub.3 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.12), where R=alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.8), aryl(C.sub.5 -C.sub.10) and R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Beller, Thomas Riermeier, Claus Peter Reisinger, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Holger Geissler
  • Patent number: 5831107
    Abstract: A palladacycle of the formula (I) ##STR1## where: R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy, fluorine, NH.sub.2, NH-alkyl(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), N(alkyl).sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), CO.sub.2 -(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkyl, OCO-alkyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4), or phenyl,R.sup.7 and R.sup.8 are, independently of one another, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.8)-alkyl, (C.sub.3 -C.sub.12)-cyloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted arylor where R.sup.1, and R.sup.2, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together form an aliphatic or aromatic ring, andY is an anion of an inorganic or organic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Aventis Research & Technology Deutschland
    Inventors: Matthias Beller, Hartmut Fischer, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Christoph Brossmer
  • Patent number: 5808122
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organometallic compound of the formula I ##STR1## where M is chromium, molybdenum or tungsten, L is a cyclopentadienyl ligand, T is a bridge, A is a cyclopentadienyl ligand or an electron donor and R.sup.1 are, independently of one another, identical or different C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 -hydrocarbon radicals or hydrogen. The organometallic compound is suitable as a catalyst component for olefin polymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Frank Kuber, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Markus Morawietz
  • Patent number: 5763542
    Abstract: A highly effective catalyst system for the polymerization of olefins comprises a cocatalyst, preferably an aluminoxane, and a metallocene of the formula I ##STR1## where M.sup.1 =Zr or Hf, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 =(C.sub.1 -C.sub.3)-alkyl or chlorine, R.sup.3, with the proviso that at least one of the radicals R.sup.3 is not hydrogen, =hydrogen, F, Cl, --OR.sup.7, --NR.sup.7 R.sup.8, --P(O)R.sup.7 R.sup.8, --P(OR.sup.7).sub.2 or SR.sup.7, R.sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Targor Gmbh
    Inventors: Andreas Winter, Juergen Rohrmann, Martin Antberg, Walter Spaleck, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Herbert Riepl
  • Patent number: 5726333
    Abstract: The invention relates to an organometallic compound of the formula I, ##STR1## where M is a tetravalent metal, L are, independently of one another, identical or different and are each a .pi. ligand, T are, independently of one another, identical or different and are each a bridge and A are, independently of one another, identical or different and are each a .pi. ligand or another electron donor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst AG
    Inventors: Hans-Friedrich Herrmann, Frank Kuber, Michael Aulbach, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Marc Morawietz
  • Patent number: 5710292
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formulaRe.sub.a O.sub.b X.sub.c L.sub.d, (I)in whichX=F, Cl, Br, I or OH,L=Lewis base,a=an integer 1, 2 or 3b=zero or an integer from 2 to 9,c=zero or an integer from 1 to 9,d=zero or an integer from 1 to 6,and the sum of a, b and c is such that it is appropriate to the zerovalency or trivalency to heptovalency of the rhenium with the proviso that if b is not equal to zero, b.gtoreq.2.multidot.a, as catalysts for the oxidation of electron-rich aromatic compounds and derivatives thereof and a process for the oxidation of electron-rich aromatic compounds, in which electron-rich C.sub.6 -C.sub.22 aryl compounds and derivatives thereof are oxidized in an organic solvent in the presence of a catalyst of the formula (I) and of a peroxide-containing compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Joao Domingos Galamba Correia, Richard Walter Fischer
  • Patent number: 5698755
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing monofunctional, bifunctional or polyfunctional aromatic olefins of the formula (I) ##STR1## by reaction of haloaromatics of the formula (II) ##STR2## with olefins of the formula (III) ##STR3## , wherein a palladium compound of the formula (IV) ##STR4## is used as the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Hoechst AG
    Inventors: Matthias Beller, Hartmut Fischer, Wolfgang Anton Herrmann, Christoph Brossmer