Halogen Containing Patents (Class 568/661)
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Patent number: 5104987Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the alkoxylation of an active hydrogen-containing compound comprising contacting the active hydrogen-containing compound with an alkylene carbonate in the presence of a mixed metal oxide catalyst under conditions effective to alkoxylate the active hydrogen-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1990Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology CorporationInventor: Stephen W. King
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Patent number: 5087764Abstract: 1,4-disubstituted 2,3-difluorobenzenes according to formula I are suitable as intermediates for the synthesis of liquid crystalline compounds.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 1989Date of Patent: February 11, 1992Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HafungInventors: Volker Reiffenrath, Joachim Krause
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Patent number: 5079245Abstract: The compounds 2-trifluoromethyl-7-substituted-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-[5H]-benzocycloheptenes are disclosed and disclosed to be useful in the treatment of metabolic illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and their complications. A perferred compound is 2-trifluoromethyl-7-amino-6,7,8,9-tetrahydro-[5H-benzocycloheptane.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 1989Date of Patent: January 7, 1992Assignee: Adir et CompagnieInventors: Michel Wierzbicki, Pierre Hugon, Jacques Duhault, Francoise Lacour
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Patent number: 5068462Abstract: A fluorine-substituted compound containing an ether bond and an intermediate thereof are described, which are represented by: ##STR1## wherein R represents a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 2 to 7; m represents 1 or 2, X represents a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom and ##STR2## represents a trans-(equatorial-equatorial)cyclohexane ring. A compound represented by formula (II): ##STR3## wherein R represents a straight-chain alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; n represents an integer of 2 to 7; m represents 1 or 2, ##STR4## represents a trans-(equatorial-equatorial)cyclohexane ring.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 1990Date of Patent: November 26, 1991Assignee: Dainippon Ink and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Makoto Sasaki, Haruyoshi Takatsu, Kiyofumi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 5030765Abstract: The present invention is concerned with novel tetrahydronaphthalene and indane derivatives of the formula ##STR1## useful as for combatting dermatoses as well as neoplasmas.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael Klaus, Peter Loeliger, Peter Mohr, Ekkehard Weiss
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Patent number: 5030764Abstract: Novel styryl-tetrahydronaphthalene and indane derivatives useful for treating neoplasms and dermatoses.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 1990Date of Patent: July 9, 1991Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael Klaus, Peter Loeliger, Peter Mohr, Ekkehard Weiss
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Patent number: 4990703Abstract: Novel styryl-tetrahydromaphthalene and indane derivatives useful for treating neoplasms and dermatoses.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 1989Date of Patent: February 5, 1991Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventors: Michael Klaus, Peter Loeliger, Peter Mohr, Ekkehard Weiss
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Patent number: 4988826Abstract: The invention provides novel arylalkene compounds of formula I, a process for their preparation and their use as intermediates for insecticidal compounds, comprising, ##STR1## wherein W represents 1 to 4 substituents selected from halo, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy and alkoxyalkyl, or W represents a bidentate alkylene or alkylenedioxy group linking adjacent carbon atoms, X represents fluoroalkyl, and Y is selected from chlorine, bromine and alkoxy; and a process for preparing said ethers. The compounds of formula I are prepared by reacting a ketone of formula: ##STR2## with a phosphonium salt of formula Hal.sup.- (Q).sub.3 P.sup.+ --CH.sub.2 --Y, where Hal.sup.- represents a halide ion and Q represents alkyl or aryl.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 1989Date of Patent: January 29, 1991Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventors: Robin A. E. Carr, Lyn Powell
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Patent number: 4960884Abstract: Pesticidal mono-, di-, and tri-2-fluoroethyl ethers of the formula R.sup.1 R.sup.2.sub.m Ar(OCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 F).sub.n, compositions thereof and their insecticidal, acaricidal and nematicidal uses are described and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1989Date of Patent: October 2, 1990Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: David M. Roush, Donald A. Shaw, Michael L. Jones, Jun H. Chang
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Patent number: 4957986Abstract: Partially fluorinated polyesters are disclosed having increased biodegradability and water repellency. The incorporation of an ester group into the backbone of the partially fluorinated compound permits modification of the compound's physical properties.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1989Date of Patent: September 18, 1990Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventor: Harry N. Cripps
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Patent number: 4918213Abstract: An optically active, generally mesomorphic compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl group having 1-18 carbon atoms, R.sub.2 denotes an alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms; X denotes a single bond, --O--, ##STR2## Y denotes a single bond, ##STR3## --CH.sub.2 O-- or --OCH.sub.2 --; Z denotes --OCH.sub.2 --, ##STR4## respectively denotes ##STR5## C* denotes an asymmetric carbon atom; k, m and n are respectively 0, 1 or 2 with proviso that k+m+n amounts to 2 or 3; and p is 1 or 2.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 1988Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Nohira, Masanao Kamei, Hideki Kanazawa, Yoko Yamada, Yuko Etoh
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Patent number: 4918215Abstract: Novel compounds of the formula ##STR1## and processes for their preparation are described. X represents bromine or iodine and R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 have the meaning indicated in the patent claim. The compounds (I) are valuable intermediates for the preparation of fluorescent brighteners of the divinylstilbene type.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 1984Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Dieter Reinehr, Alwyn Spencer
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Patent number: 4918242Abstract: A process for producing the optically pure (+)- or (-)-isomer of a phenyl- or substituted-phenylalkanolamine compounds having pharmacologic activity without the need for resolution processes and novel intermediates useful in the process including optically pure haloalcohols are provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 1989Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Assignee: Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc.Inventor: Herbert C. Brown
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Patent number: 4902835Abstract: New chemical reactions of 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,3-butadiene provide simple access to a series of new fluorinated alkene derivatives. These derivatives provide a simple, general methodology for the stereocontrolled preparation of 2-fluoro-2-alkenoate esters and related monofluoroalkene derivatives which include fluoro analogs of known insecticides, pheromones or pharmaceuticals. A new method for the preparation of 1,1,2-trifluoro-1,3-butadiene is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1988Date of Patent: February 20, 1990Assignee: The University of RochesterInventors: Andrew S. Kende, Noritada Matsuo
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Patent number: 4895987Abstract: Ruthenium-cobalt- or cobalt-containing catalysts which have been promoted with phosphonites or phosphinites effectively catalyze the dealkoxyhydroxymethylation of aldehyde acetals to form glycol monoethers. Methylal, for example, may be reacted with syngas, i.e., CO and H.sub.2, in the presence of these phosphonite- or phosphinite-promoted cobalt or ruthenium- cobalt catalysts to form the monomethyl ether of ethylene glycol. In a like manner acetaldehyde may be converted to the corresponding propylene glycol monoether. The process may advantageously be carried out with high yields and selectivities in the presence of a polar or non-polar organic solvent in combination with the catalyst system of this invention.The invention is also directed to the phosphonite- or phosphonite-promoted cobalt and ruthenium-cobalt catalyst system per se.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1986Date of Patent: January 23, 1990Assignee: Sun Refining and Marketing CompanyInventors: D. Michael Duggan, James E. Lyons, Harry K. Myers, Robert E. Ledley
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Patent number: 4877548Abstract: A liquid crystalline compound and a liquid crystal composition containing the compound usable for liquid crystal display devices are provided, which liquid crystalline compound is expressed by the formulaR.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --B.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --B.sup.2 --A.sup.3.sub.n (CH.sub.2).sub.m CH.dbd.CF.sub.2wherein R.sup.1 is H or 1-20C alkyl or alkenyl wherein one --CH.sub.2 --group or two --CH.sub.2 -- groups not adjacent to each other may be substituted by --O--; the position and number of the double bond may be optionally chosen; A.sup.1, A.sup.2 and A.sup.3 each are ##STR1## and the H of the ##STR2## may be substituted by F, Cl or methyl; B.sup.1 and B.sup.2 each are --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 -- or a single bond; n is 0 or 1; and m is 0-20.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 1988Date of Patent: October 31, 1989Assignee: Chisso CorporationInventors: Kisei Kitano, Makoto Ushioda, Manabu Uchida, Toshiharu Suzuki
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Patent number: 4871470Abstract: Cyclohexane derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, --CO--O-- or --OCO--,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 each independently of one another are trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or unsubstituted or fluorine-substituted 1,4-phenylene, and one of the groups A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 can also be a single bond,X is --CN, halogen, OH, --COOR.sup.1, --OOCR.sup.1, --COR.sup.1, --OR.sup.1 or R.sup.1 andR.sup.1 is an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which one or two CH.sub.2 groups can also be replaced by O, but excluding direct links between two O atoms,with the proviso that, in the case of X=CN, A.sup.2 is trans-1,4-cyclohexylene or fluorine-substituted, 1,4-phenylene, are suitable as components of liquid-crystalline phases.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 1987Date of Patent: October 3, 1989Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit Beschrankter HaftungInventors: Andreas Wachtler, Joachim Krause, Rudolf Eidenschink, Georg Weber
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Patent number: 4867903Abstract: A fluoroalkane derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R denotes an alkyl group having 1-16 carbon atoms, C* denotes an asymmetric carbon atom, R.sup.1 denotes an alkyl or alkoxy group having 1-16 carbon atoms; ##STR2## respectively denote a phenylene group ##STR3## a cyclohexylene group ##STR4## or a pyrimidinylene group ##STR5## p is 0 or 1, q is 0 or 1 when p is 1, r is 0 or 1; and l, m and n are respectively 0 or a positive integer satisfying the relationship of l+m+n.gtoreq.1. The fluoroalkane derivative has a fluorine atom providing a large dipole moment and directly connected to an asymmetric carbon atom, so that it provides a high speed responsive characteristic through an increased spontaneous polarization when contained in a liquid crystal composition, especially a ferroelectric liquid crystal composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1987Date of Patent: September 19, 1989Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroyuki Nohira, Masanao Kamei, Shinichi Nakamura, Kazuharu Katagiri
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Patent number: 4853151Abstract: Dispirotetradecanes of the formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently of each other alkyl containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms wherein one or more non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may also be replaced by --O--, --CO--, --CO--O--, --O--CO--, --O--COO-- and/or --CH.dbd.CH-- (trans), one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 also being H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, NO.sub.2, NCS,A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 are each independently of each other trans-1,4-cyclohexylene wherein one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups may be replaced by --O-- and/or --S--, or 1,4-phenylene wherein one or more CH groups may also be replaced by N, with it also being possible optionally for A.sup.1 and A.sup.2 to be substituted laterally or axially by F, Cl, CN, CH.sub.3,Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are each independently of each other --C--O--, --O--CO--, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, --CH.sub.2 O--, --OCH.sub.2 -- or a single bond,m and n are each 0, 1 or 2,(m+n) 0, 1 or 2,X.sup.1, X.sup.2, X.sup.3 and X.sup.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 1987Date of Patent: August 1, 1989Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankfter HaftungInventors: Fritz Vogtle, Wolfgang Calaminus
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Patent number: 4840971Abstract: An ether compound represented by the following general formula (I), its produciton method and an insecticidal and/or acaricidal composition containing it as an active ingredient: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen or halogen atom or a lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower alkoxyl, lower haloalkoxyl, lower alkenyl or lower alkenyloxyl group, or represent, taken together, methylenedioxy, lower alkylene, ethyleneoxy or lower alkylethyleneoxy group; R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen or fluorine atom; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen or halogen atom or a lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower alkoxyl or lower haloalkoxyl group; m represents an integer of 1 or 2; Y represents an oxygen or sulfur atom or a group represented by the formula --CH.sub.2 -- or --NH--; and Z represents a nitrogen atom or a group represented by the formula --CH.dbd., and its starting materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1987Date of Patent: June 20, 1989Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedInventors: Kazunori Tsushima, Noritada Matsuo, Yoo Tanabe, Toshihiko Yano, Masachika Hirano
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Patent number: 4812483Abstract: A compound of formula:CXY.dbd.CH--CR.sup.1 R.sup.2 --CH.sub.2 OCH.sub.2 Rwherein X and Y are each selected from hydrogen and halogen, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each lower alkyl of up to four carbon atoms, or together with the adjacent carbon atom form a cycloalkyl group of up to six carbon atoms, and R represents a phenoxy- or benzyl-substituted phenyl group which may optionally be substituted with fluorine. The compounds are useful for combating insect pests.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 1986Date of Patent: March 14, 1989Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Alan J. Whittle
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Patent number: 4808762Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which Ar is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, naphthyl, or thienyl; Z is oxygen, sulfur, or methylene; and Ar' is 2-methyl[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-yl, 3-phenoxyphenyl, 4-fluoro-3-phenoxyphenyl, or 6-phenoxy-2-pyridyl exhibit pyrethroid-like insecticidal and acaricidal activity and are relatively harmless to aquatic fauna.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 1987Date of Patent: February 28, 1989Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: Gary A. Meier, Scott M. Sieburth, Thomas G. Cullen, John F. Engel
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Patent number: 4792563Abstract: Insecticidally active compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.4 represents a group selected from those groups represented by R.sup.5 in insecticidally active compounds of formula: ##STR2## R.sup.3 is selected from fluoromethyl and difluoromethyl, and either (a) R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent alkyl of one, two, three or four carbon atoms, or (b) R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together with the adjacent carbon atom form a cycloalkyl ring of four, five or six carbon atoms.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1987Date of Patent: December 20, 1988Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries PLCInventor: Alan J. Whittle
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Patent number: 4786654Abstract: There are disclosed novel unsubstituted or substituted phenoxyfluorobenzyltetramethylcyclopropylmethyl ethers of formula ##STR1## wherein Y is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl which is substituted by 1 to 9 halogen atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy which is substituted by 1 to 9 halogen atoms, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio which is substituted by 1 to 9 halogen atoms, or is C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 alkynyl and their benzyl ether intermediates of formula IV ##STR2## wherein X is halogen or p-tosyl. Also disclosed is a process for the preparation of these compounds and compositions containing them for use in pest control, especially for controlling insects that attack plants and animals, in particular their larval stages. The novel compounds are particularly effective against plant-destructive insects in rice crops.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 1987Date of Patent: November 22, 1988Assignee: Ciba-Geigy CorporationInventors: Laurenz Gsell, Peter Ackermann
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Patent number: 4742077Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a group of formula ##STR2## whereby R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are the same or different and represent hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or trifluoromethyl and X represents oxygen, sulfur, imino, lower alkylimino, --(CH.sub.2)--, --(S.CH.sub.2)-- or --(O.CH.sub.2)--,R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl,R.sub.3 represents a group of formula ##STR3## whereby R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 are the same or different and represent hydrogen or alkyl or R.sub.6 together with R.sub.7 or R.sub.7 together with R.sub.8 represent --(CH.sub.2).sub.m -- wherein m is 3 to 6,R.sub.9 represents alkyl, alkenyl, trialkylsilyl or alkyl substituted by hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower halogenalkyl or aryl andn stands for 1, 2 or 3,which possess pharmaceutical in particular antimycotic activity as well as activity against phytopathogenic fungi.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1986Date of Patent: May 3, 1988Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.Inventor: Anton Stutz
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Patent number: 4723005Abstract: New anisotropic compounds of the formula (1) are useful in liquid crystal mixtures for electrooptical displays; at least one of the end groups of the compounds (1) is an alkyl group which carries cyano or halogen in a terminal or non-terminal position. This offers advantages for longitudinal polarization and/or cross-polarization of the anisotropic compounds with the aid of the comparatively highly polarizing cyano or halogen substituents, in particular high clear points, low .DELTA..epsilon./.epsilon..perp. values and/or negative .DELTA..epsilon. values.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1984Date of Patent: February 2, 1988Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Tuong Huynh-Ba, Maged A. Osman
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Patent number: 4710315Abstract: Anisotropic compounds of the formula (1) specified in claim 1 are suitable, owing to their low .DELTA..epsilon./.epsilon..perp. values for liquid crystal displays which have high information densities of for examples up to 10.sup.6 image dots and accordingly need to be highly multiplexible; compared with known compounds they offer improved application properties and are relatively simple to synthesize.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1985Date of Patent: December 1, 1987Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Hans P. Schad, Stephen M. Kelly
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Patent number: 4707295Abstract: Bicyclooctane derivatives of the formula IR.sup.1 --A.sup.1 --A.sup.2 --R.sup.2 IwhereinR.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently of one another are each an alkyl group which has 1-12 C atoms and in which it is also possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by O atoms and/or CO groups and/or --O13 CO groups and/or --CO--O groups and/or --CH.dbd.CH-- groups, one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 being also --A.sup.3 --R.sup.3,A.sup.1 is a 1,4-cyclohexylene group which is unsubstituted or substituted in the 1-position and/or 2-position and/or 3-position and/or 4-position by alkyl which has in each case 1-5 C atoms and is unsubstituted or substituted or fluorinated, and in which it is also possible for one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups to be replaced by one or two different groupings from the group --O--, --CO--, --CH.dbd.CH--, --S--, --SO-- or --SO.sub.2 --, or is substituted by F, Cl, Br, CN and/or CHO,A.sup.2 is a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2] octylene group,--A.sup.3 --R.sup.3 is --Cy--R.sup.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 1986Date of Patent: November 17, 1987Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Ludwig Pohl, Bernhard Scheuble, Andreas Wachtler, Reinhard Hittich, Peter Fuss
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Patent number: 4695131Abstract: A fluorinated compound having a formula: ##STR1## R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 12 carbon atoms; R.sub.2 is selected from hydrogen, alkyl having up to 12 carbon atoms, alkoxy having up to 12 carbon atoms, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or alkyl having up to 12 carbon atoms, and wherein R.sub.4 is hydrogen, alkyl having up to 12 carbon atoms or alkoxy having up to 12 carbon atoms; ##STR3## represents a cyclohexane ring which is in the trans configuration if 1, 4-disubstituted; ##STR4## represents a benzene ring; each of X, Y and Z independently represents hydrogen or fluorine in one or more of the lateral benzene ring positions, provided that at least one of X, Y and Z is present representing fluorine;n=0 or 1 provided that when n=0 ##STR5## and R.sub.1 is alkyl; with the proviso that in Formula I when n is 1 and ##STR6## where R.sub.1 is n-alkyl and R.sub.2 is n-alkyl or n-alkoxy the total number of carbon plus oxygen atoms in the two groups R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is less than 10.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 1984Date of Patent: September 22, 1987Inventors: Peter H. Balkwill, David I. Bishop, Andrew D. Pearson, Ian C. Sage, George W. Gray, David Lacey, Kenneth J. Toyne, Damien G. McDonnell
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Patent number: 4686289Abstract: New anisotropic compounds with a cross-polarizing substituent have the formula (1) ##STR1## The increase in .epsilon..perp. is achieved by the polarizing group X, preferably the cyano group or a halogen atom, which is not laterally on the ring, as with the known compounds, but is on the bridge, that is to say is part of the main bridge bonding rings A and B to one another. Ring A has the formula (1a) or (1b) given herein and is always cycloaliphatic, while ring B can be identical to ring A or is an aromatic ring of the formula (1c) or (1d) herein. R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different end groups of the formula (1e) herein.The radical X on the bridge causes less widening of the molecule than a radical X on a ring, which provides comparatively higher clear points and moreover enables aromatic rings to be omitted from the anisotropic compounds.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 1986Date of Patent: August 11, 1987Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Tuong Huynh-Ba, Maged A. Osman
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Patent number: 4606845Abstract: New bicyclohexylethanes of formula IR.sup.1 --Cy--Cy--CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --A--(Cy).sub.n --R.sup.2 (I)wherein R.sup.1 is alkyl; R.sup.2 is alkyl, in which one or two non-adjacent CH.sub.2 groups can be replaced by O atoms, or is F, Cl, Br, CN, --COOalkyl or --O--CO-alkyl; or one of the radicals R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can also be H; A is Cy, or 1,4-phenylene which is unsubstituted or substituted by one or two F and/or Cl atoms and/or CH.sub.3 groups or by a CN group; Cy is 1,4-cyclohexylene and n is 0 or 1; the alkyl groups in each case containing 1-10 C atoms, with the proviso that n is 1 if A is Cy and R.sup.2 is CN,can be used as constituents of dielectrics for electrooptical display elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 1984Date of Patent: August 19, 1986Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Michael Romer, Rudolf Eidenschink, Joachim Krause, Bernhard Scheuble, Georg Weber
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Patent number: 4575516Abstract: Substituted cyclopropylmethyl(ene) ethers of the formula ##STR1## in which X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 are identical or different and represent halogen,R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are identical or different and represent hydrogen, alkyl, optionally substituted aryl, halogenoalkyl, hetero-alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, optionally substituted alkenoxyalkyl, optionally substituted alkinoxyalkyl or (di)alkylaminoalkyl,R.sup.4 represents hydrogen or alkyl,R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are identical or different and represent hydrogen or optionally substituted radicals from the series comprising alkyl, aryl and aralkyl andR represents a trihalogenoalkenyl, alkinyl or iodoalkinyl radical,exhibit some arthropodicidal activity and synergize other known arthropodicides.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 1984Date of Patent: March 11, 1986Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd-Wieland Kruger, Uwe Priesnitz, Gerhard Jager, Wolfgang Behrenz
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Patent number: 4575517Abstract: Cyclopropylmethyl(ene) ethers have an outstanding action in microbicidal agents for preserving industrial materials from damage or destruction by microorganisms.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 1984Date of Patent: March 11, 1986Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Bernd-Wieland Kruger, Uwe Priesnitz, Gerhard Jager, Wilfried Paulus, Hermann Genth
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Patent number: 4528406Abstract: Production of bis(alpha-alkylbenzyl)ethers or substituted derivatives thereof by reaction at elevated temperature of the corresponding alpha alkylbenzyl alcohols in the presence of a particular acidic clay catalyst, quenching of the catalyst and recovery of the desired ether by distillation directly from the reaction mixture containing the quenched catalyst, is disclosed. The alkyl methylbenzyl alcohol may be present as a component of an aromatic rich distilland product mixture derived from the ethyl benzene hydroperoxide epoxidation of an olefinically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1983Date of Patent: July 9, 1985Assignee: Atlantic Richfield CompanyInventors: Mary T. Arnold, George R. Siciliano
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Patent number: 4521635Abstract: Production of bis-(alpha-alkylbenzyl)ethers or substituted derivatives thereof by reaction at elevated temperature of the corresponding alpha alkylbenzyl alcohols in the presence of a mineral acid treated calcined alumina catalyst, quenching the catalyst with a basic compound and recovery of the desired ether by distillation following separation of the quenched catalyst, is disclosed. The alkyl methylbenzyl alcohol may be present as a component of an aromatic rich distill and product mixture derived from the ethyl benzene hydroperoxide epoxidation of an olefinically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1983Date of Patent: June 4, 1985Assignee: Atlantic Richfield CompanyInventor: Frank Stevens
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Patent number: 4521637Abstract: Production of bis-(alpha-alkylbenzyl)ethers or substituted derivatives thereof by reaction at elevated temperature of the corresponding alpha alkylbenzyl alcohols in the presence of an aryl sulfonic acid treated calcined alumina catalyst, quenching the catalyst with a basic compound and recovery of the desired ether by distillation following separation of the quenched catalyst, is disclosed. The alkyl methylbenzyl alcohol may be present as a component of an aromatic rich distilled product mixture derived from the ethyl benzene hydroperoxide epoxidation of an olefinically unsaturated compound.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1983Date of Patent: June 4, 1985Assignee: Atlantic Richfield CompanyInventor: Frank Stevens
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Patent number: 4431845Abstract: A method for the preparation of hydroxyl-terminated poly(haloalkylene ethers) is disclosed wherein a catalyst system comprising a fluorinated acid and a polyvalent tin compound is utilized.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 1982Date of Patent: February 14, 1984Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing CompanyInventors: Chung I. Young, Loren L. Barber, Jr.
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Patent number: 4419264Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are identical or different and each is alkyl or alkoxy each of up to 8 C atoms, and one or two of the substituents X are fluorine and the others are hydrogen are valuable liquid crystalline materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1982Date of Patent: December 6, 1983Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter HaftungInventors: Rudolf Eidenschink, Michael Romer, Ludwig Pohl
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Patent number: 4397864Abstract: The present invention relates to 2-arylpropyl ether or thioether derivatives represented by the following general formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein Ar stands for an aryl group, R stands for a methyl or ethyl group, Y stands for an oxygen or sulfur atom, and B stands for a group represented by the following formula [II]: ##STR2## or the following general formula [III]: ##STR3## wherein Z stands for an oxygen or sulfur atom or a carbonyl or methylene group, R.sup.1 stands for a hydrogen or halogen atom or a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5 with the proviso that when n is 2 or more, the groups R.sup.1 may be the same or different, and also to processes for the preparation or these ethers of thioethers and a use of these ethers or thioethers.These compounds of the present invention have excellent insecticidal and acaricidal activities while the toxicity of these compounds are very low.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 1981Date of Patent: August 9, 1983Assignee: Mitsuitoatsu Chemicals Inc.Inventors: Kiyoshi Nakatani, Satoshi Numata, Tsuneo Inoue, Kenji Kodaka, Tsutomu Ishii, Teruhiko Toyama, Hajime Tachibana, Takatoshi Udagawa, Masatoshi Gohbara
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Patent number: 4385185Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are equal or different alkyl-, alkoxyalkyl-, or aryl groups, or together form a ring; R.sub.3 is an allyl or benzyl radical; and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkenyl or further compounds of the formula II: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 have the meaning indicated above and R.sub.6 stands for hydrogen or methyl or to compounds which are modified by the addition of hydrogen to at least one olefinic or carbonylic double bond of compounds of the general formula I or II. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the new compounds. The compounds of the general formula II are obtained by thermal treatment of a selection of compounds of formula I, for which R.sub.3 stands for the allyl or methallyl radical. The compounds according to the invention are used as fragrant and flavoring substances.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 1981Date of Patent: May 24, 1983Assignee: Consortium fur Elektrochemische Industrie GmbHInventors: Helmut Gebauer, Walter Hafner
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Patent number: 4368135Abstract: Anisotropic compounds with negative or positive DCA and .DELTA.n.ltoreq.0.2 have the formula (1) ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 l are independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy having 1 to 12 carbon atoms respectively, or one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 can represent cyclical fragment of formulae (1a) or (1b); ##STR2## the bridges Z.sup.1, Z.sup.2 and Z.sup.3 are identical or different and means covalent bonds or carboxyl or oxycarbonyl groups; R.sup.3 is hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, respectively; X.sup.1 and X.sup.4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, nitrile or nitro, wherein at least one of X.sup.1 and X.sup.4 is not hydrogen when R.sup.2 represents a cyclical fragment of formula (1a) or (1b) and Z.sup.2 is a carboxyl group or Z.sup.3 is an oxycarbonyl group, respectively. Liquid crystal compositions are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1980Date of Patent: January 11, 1983Assignee: BBC, Brown, Boveri & Company, Ltd.Inventor: Maged A. Osman
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Patent number: 4361494Abstract: New anisotropic compounds suitable for use in LC-display devices are disclosed and claimed. The new compounds are cyclohexyl cyclohexylmethyl ethers of formula (1): ##STR1## in which X and Y are respectively hydrogen, alkyl group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, alkoxy group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, monoalkylamino group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, nitrile group, nitro group, halogen, or cyclic radical of formula (1a) or (1b): ##STR2## in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent hydrogen alkyl group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, alkoxy group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, monoalkylamino group with 1 to 12 C-atoms, nitrile group, nitro group or halogen, and Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 represent simple covalent bonds or grounds of the formulas --COO--, --OOC--, --CH.sub.2 O-- or --OCH.sub.2, with the requirement that only one of the groups X, Y can be a cyclicradical or formula (1a) or (1b). Also disclosed and claimed are LC-mixtures containing these compounds and methods for their synthesis.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 1980Date of Patent: November 30, 1982Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri, & Company, LimitedInventors: Maged A. Osman, Laszlo Revesz
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Patent number: 4360698Abstract: A process to form glycol ethers by reacting an organic compound (A) having at least one aliphatic hydroxyl group with an oxirane compound (B) under reaction conditions in the presence of a catalytic amount of a polymeric material that is substantially insoluble in the reaction mixture, said polymeric material having a plurality of pendant sulfonate moieties with divalent metal counterions. Preferential formation of the mono adduct of glycol ethers is noted.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 1981Date of Patent: November 23, 1982Assignee: The Dow Chemical CompanyInventor: James H. Sedon
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Patent number: 4326087Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 1980Date of Patent: April 20, 1982Assignee: Bayer AktiengesellschaftInventors: Rainer Fuchs, Fritz Maurer, Uwe Priesnitz, Hans-Jochem Riebel, Erich Klauke
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Patent number: 4326055Abstract: This invention is directed to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthyl or indanyl stilbene derivatives which are useful as tumor inhibiting agents, in the treatment of neoplasms, dermatological conditions and rheumatic illnesses.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 1978Date of Patent: April 20, 1982Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventor: Peter Loeliger
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Patent number: 4263212Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aromatic or furyl substituted olefins, which comprises reacting an olefinic compound with an aromatic compound or furan compound in the presence of carbon monoxide by using a rhodium carbonyl complex as a catalyst to form a corresponding aromatic or furyl substituted olefin.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1980Date of Patent: April 21, 1981Assignee: Rikagaku KenkyushoInventors: Pangbu Hong, Hiroshi Yamazaki
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Patent number: 4243682Abstract: 4-(6-Substituted naphthyl)butan-2-ols,-butan-2-ones,-pentan-2-ols and -pentan-2-ones bearing a fluoro group in the naphthyl ring, and pro-drugs thereof, are anti-inflammatory agents. A typical embodiment is 4-(4-fluoro-6-methoxy-2-naphthyl)-butan-2-one.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1978Date of Patent: January 6, 1981Assignee: Beecham Group LimitedInventors: Alexander C. Goudie, Laramie M. Gaster
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Patent number: 4235820Abstract: This invention relates to a process for the preparation of 5H-dibenzo[a,d]cycloheptene compounds and derivatives having aminoalkyl substituents at the 5-position by reducing the corresponding 5-aminoalkyl-5-hydroxy compounds with an alkali metal borohydride in trifluoroacetic acid.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1976Date of Patent: November 25, 1980Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.Inventor: Ben E. Evans
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Patent number: 4193931Abstract: Novel 7-(substituted indanyl or naphthyl)-3-methyl-octa-2,4,6-triene derivatives useful as anti-tumor agents are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 1978Date of Patent: March 18, 1980Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.Inventor: Peter Loeliger
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Patent number: 4172839Abstract: Derivatives, analogs, and congeners of prostane having a 1-(hydroxymethyl)-1-oxo-prostane structure in the F.sub.2 series.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 1977Date of Patent: October 30, 1979Assignee: American Cyanamid CompanyInventor: Allan Wissner