Halogen Containing Patents (Class 568/661)
  • 1-Hydroxymethyl-1-oxo-prostane derivatives of the E.sub.2 series
    Patent number: 4170597
    Abstract: Derivatives, analogs, and congeners of prostane having a 1-(hydroxymethyl)-1-oxo-prostane structure in the E.sub.2 series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventor: Allan Wissner
  • Process for the preparation of pinacols
    Patent number: 4163865
    Abstract: An improvement in a process for the preparation of a pinacol of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are identical or different and represent optionally substituted aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, araliphatic or an aromatic hydrocarbon radical by reducing a ketone of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 have the abovementioned meanings with a base metal, the improvement comprising carrying out the reduction in the presence of an organic halogen compound and in the presence of a phosphoric acid amide, phosphoric acid ester and/or carboxylic acid amide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1979
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heinrich Wolfers, Hans Rudolph, Hans-Jurgen Rosenkranz
  • Synthesis of 2,6,10-trimethyl-undecan-1-ol
    Patent number: 4163021
    Abstract: A synthesis of 2,6,10-trimethyl-undecan-1-ol, an intermediate for producing vitamin E, from methacrolein, crotonaldehyde, .beta.-hydroxy-isobutyric acid including intermediates in this synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 31, 1979
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Noal Cohen, Gabriel Saucy