Preparing From A Compound Containing A Hetero Ring Patents (Class 540/532)
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Patent number: 9777953Abstract: An apparatus includes a thermal chamber, a first reservoir containing a first liquid/vapor two-phase system, a second reservoir containing a second liquid/vapor two-phase system and conduits connecting the first reservoir and second reservoir to the thermal chamber. The first and second liquid/vapor two-phase systems include a liquid phase and a separate vapor phase. The apparatus also includes a conduit connecting the vapor phases of the first and second reservoirs. The apparatus can be used to thermally cycle an object placed in the thermal chamber or the vapor region of the first reservoir. The object can include one or more layers of an electrically or magnetically polarizable material.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: THE NEOTHERMAL ENERGY COMPANYInventors: Ahmet Erbil, David F. Walbert
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Publication number: 20130158229Abstract: A process for making a hydrogenated product comprising caprolactone (CLO) and 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) and derivatives thereof from adipic acid (AA) obtained from fermentation broths containing diammonium adipate (DAA) or monoammonium adipate (MAA).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: June 20, 2013Applicant: BIOAMBER S.A.S.Inventors: Olan S. Fruchey, Leo E. Manzer, Dilum Dunuwila, Brian T. Keen, Brooke A. Albin, Nye A. Clinton, Bernard D. Dombek
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Publication number: 20130150551Abstract: Processes for making hydrogenated products including caprolactame (CL) caprolactone (CLO) or 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) and derivative thereof from monoammonium adipate (MAA) and/or adipic acid (AA) obtained from a clarified diammonium adipate-containing (DAA-containing) fermentation broth or monoammonium adipate-containing (MAA-containing) fermentation broth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2011Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicant: BIOAMBER S.A.S.Inventors: Olan S. Fruchey, Leo E. Manzer, Dilum Dunuwila, Brian T. Keen, Brooke A. Albin, Nye A. Clinton, Bernard D. Dombek
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Publication number: 20130137863Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing caprolactone, comprising converting 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfuraldehyde by hydrogenation into at least one intermediate compound selected from the group of 2,5-tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol, 1,6-hexanediol and 1,2,6-hexanetriol,and preparing caprolactone from said intermediate compound. Further, the invention relates to a method for preparing 1,2,6-hexanetriol comprising preparing 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfaldehyde from a renewable source, converting 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfaldehyde into 2,5-tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol and converting 2,5-tetrahydrofuran-dimethanol into 1,2,6-hexanetriol. Further, the invention relates to a method for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from 1,2,6-hexanetriol, wherein 1,2,6-hexanetriol is subjected to a ring closure reaction, thereby forming (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methanol, and the (tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methanol is hydrogenated, thereby forming 1,6-hexane diol.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicant: NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK (NWO)Inventors: Johannes Gerardus De Vries, Teddy, Pim Huat Phua, Ignacio Vladimiro Melián Cabrera, Hero Jan Heeres
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Publication number: 20120264908Abstract: The present invention generally relates to processes for the conversion of glucose to caprolactam employing chemocatalytic oxidation and reduction reactions. The present invention also includes processes for the conversion of glucose to caprolactam via amido polyhydroxy acid products and amidocaproic acid or derivatives thereof. The present invention also includes processes that catalytically oxidize an amidopolyol to amidopolyhydroxy acid or derivatives thereof, and processes that catalytically hydrodeoxygenate amino or amido polyhydroxy acid or derivatives thereof to an amino or amidocaproic acid product. The amino or amidocaproic acid product may then be converted to caprolactam. The present invention also includes products produced by such processes and products producable from such products.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: October 18, 2012Applicant: Rennovia, Inc.Inventors: Vincent J. MURPHY, Eric L. DIAS, James A. W. SHOEMAKER, Thomas R. BOUSSIE, Zachary M. FRESCO
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Patent number: 8212027Abstract: Converting cyclic amines to lactams using gold supported catalysts.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2011Date of Patent: July 3, 2012Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lee Keith Woo, Robert J. Angelici
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Patent number: 8188269Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Patent number: 7385053Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2-1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 10, 2008Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Patent number: 7241883Abstract: The present invention relates to improved covalent coupling of two or more entities such as biomolecules, polymer compositions, organic/inorganic molecules/materials, and the like, including their combinations, through one or more novel reactive groups attached to linker groups of 2–1000 atoms length. The present invention also contemplates the use of bifunctional bridge molecules to link two or more entities, wherein the functional groups of the bridge molecules are the novel reactive groups of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2002Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: Luminex CorporationInventors: Ananda G. Lugade, Kurt D. Hoffacker, Adam J. Jenkins, Karri L. Michael-Ballard, Leonid Patsenker, Ewald Terpetschnig, Veronica D. Thomason, Ralph McDade
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Patent number: 6858728Abstract: Method for making caprolactam from 6-aminocapronitrile that contains greater than 500 ppm tetrahydroazepine and its derivatives (THA) in which the THA is not removed from the method until after the caprolactam is produced.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Invista North America S.A.R.L.Inventors: Gregory S. Kirby, John J. Ostermaier
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Patent number: 6716977Abstract: Method for making caprolactam from 6-aminocapronitrile that contains greater than 500 ppm tetrahydroazepine and its derivatives (THA) in which ammonia and water are removed from crude caprolactam in a single separation step and then THA is removed from the resulting caprolactam melt.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Gregory S. Kirby, John J. Ostermaier
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Patent number: 6683177Abstract: A process for preparing caprolactam by reacting 6-aminocapronitrile with water in the presence of catalysts comprises using a starting mixture of 6-aminocapronitrile and the tetrahydroazepine derivative of the formula and conducting the reaction in liquid phase in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst. Also describes a process for preparing said tetrahydroazepine derivative I and its use for preparing caprolactam and polycaprolactam.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 1997Date of Patent: January 27, 2004Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Eberhard Fuchs, Johann-Peter Melder, Werner Schnurr, Rolf Fischer
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Publication number: 20020173051Abstract: Functionalized supports and methods for solid phase synthesis. Preferably, the functionalized support is azlactone-functionalized.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2001Publication date: November 21, 2002Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Jerald K. Rasmussen, Larry R. Krepski
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Publication number: 20020120154Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for preparing lactam represented by the following formula: 1Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2001Publication date: August 29, 2002Applicant: Dairen Chemical CorporationInventors: Shien-Chang Chen, Fu-Shen Lin, Liang-An Hsu, Cheng-Lin Tsai, Joe-Min Lin
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Patent number: 6359128Abstract: Free-flowing flakes of vinyl caprolactam monomer usable below its melting point of 34° C. without developing coloration.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2000Date of Patent: March 19, 2002Assignee: ISP Investments Inc.Inventors: Arvind M. Mathur, James A. Dougherty, Philip F. Wolf
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Patent number: 5912189Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition containing the reaction product of:(A) a cyclic compound containing a 5, 6, or 7-member ring, the ring containing at least one nitrogen and at least one carbonyl group, at least one carbonyl group being adjacent to at least one said nitrogen;(B) an aldehyde or ketone of 1 to about 15 carbon atoms, or a reactive equivalent thereof; and(C) an etheramine represented by the formulaR.sup.4 (O(CH.sub.2 CH(R)O).sub.n --R.sup.3 --NH.sub.2).sub.y(C-I)wherein in formula (C-I), each n independently is a number from 0 to about 50; each R independently is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydrocarbyl groups of 1 to about 16 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof; R.sup.3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbylene groups of about 2 to about 18 carbon atoms and groups represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.5 and each R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1998Date of Patent: June 15, 1999Assignee: The Lubrizol CorporationInventors: Thomas J. Wolak, Richard M. Lange
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Patent number: 5571913Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a lactam from an alicyclic ketoxime in the presence of a lactim-O-sulphonic acid and a solvent, the reaction being carried out in the presence of an acid cation exchanger. The invention relates in particular to a process in which the alicyclic ketoxime is represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## where R is a linear or branched alkylidene group containing from 3 to 20 carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1994Date of Patent: November 5, 1996Assignee: DSM N.V.Inventor: Petrus J. H. Thomissen
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Patent number: 5276165Abstract: A process for the preparation of N-substituted lactams of the formula I ##STR1## where Z is C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkylene, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkylene, phenylene or naphthylene, andR.sup.1 is C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkyl, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.10 -aryl or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkyl,by hydrogenating a compound of the formula II ##STR2## where W is C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkylene, C.sub.2 - to C.sub.10 -alkenylene, C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkylene, phenylene or naphthylene, andX and Y together form an oxa or imido bridge of the formula ##STR3## or alternatively are identical or different and are hydroxyl, C.sub.1 - to C.sub.20 -alkoxy, C.sub.6 - to C.sub.10 -aryloxy or C.sub.7 - to C.sub.12 -aralkoxy, and, if X and Y are different, Y, in addition to the abovementioned meanings, may also be hydrogen,at superatmospheric pressure and at elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst and in the presence of an amine, which comprises using a secondary and/or tertiary amine of the formula IIINH.sub.n R.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 1992Date of Patent: January 4, 1994Assignee: BASF AktiengesellschaftInventors: Hans-Juergen Weyer, Rolf Fischer
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Patent number: 4731454Abstract: A method for producing a lactam having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, or a straight chain or branched chain alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 is an organic group having at least 2 carbon atoms, and connected at both ends to the cyclic acid imide group, which comprises reducing a cyclic acid imide having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are as defined above, or its precursor, with hydrogen by means of a cobalt-based catalyst comprising (a) cobalt and (b) at least one modifier component selected from the group consisting of molybdenum, tungsten and rhenium.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 1987Date of Patent: March 15, 1988Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Industries LimitedInventors: Masayuki Otake, Isamu Fukushima