Fluorine Containing Patents (Class 570/123)
  • Patent number: 7230147
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for functionalizing a double bond and, more particularly, a double bond bearing a metalloid atom. Said functionalization is produced by the action of perhalogenated sulphonyl chloride on the carbon bearing sulphur in the presence of a free radical initiator, preferably by homolytic cleavage. The invention is useful in organic synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Shasun Pharma Solutions Limited
    Inventor: Nicolas Roques
  • Patent number: 7220784
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stilbene and quinone compounds related to combretastatin A-4 and their use as anticancer compounds and prodrugs. The compounds include those with an alkyl group on the double bond of cis or trans-stilbenes, compounds with one or more (and preferably 2 or 3) alkyl group substituents on the stilbene A ring, compounds with an alkoxy group other than methoxy at position 3, 4, and/or 5 of the stilbene A ring, compounds (or prodrugs) in which BOC amino acid esters are formed with the phenolic hydroxyl at the 3-position of the B ring and compounds (or prodrugs) based on a benzoquinone B ring. The present invention further relates to the photochemical reactions of stilbene compounds, either the above compounds disclosed for the first time herein or compounds based on prior art stilbenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Inventors: John Anthony Hadfield, Alan Thomson McGown, Stephen Patrick Mayalarp, Edward John Land, Ian Hamblett, Keira Gaukroger, Nicholas James Lawrence, Lucy Annette Hepworth, John Butler
  • Patent number: 7214838
    Abstract: A method for transferring TCPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrachloro-p-xylene) into TFPX (?, ?, ??, ??-tetrafluoro-p-xylene) is disclosed, which comprises the following steps: (a) providing a first reactant comprising TFPX; (b) mixing the first reactant with alkali metal fluorides, TCPX and phase transfer catalyst(s) to form a mixture, wherein the alkali metal fluorides is KF, CsF, NaF, LiF or the combination thereof, the phase transfer catalyst(s) is quaternary ammonium salt, quaternary phosphonium salt or the combination thereof; and (c) heating the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Yuan-Shin Materials Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Chun-Hsu Lin, Jao-Jou Tu, Te-Po Liou, Shieh-Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 7214294
    Abstract: This invention provides azeotrope-like compositions of 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane and water that are environmentally desirable for use as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, metered dose inhalers, blowing agents for polymer foam, heat transfer media, and gaseous dielectrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Bruce Bement, Mary Charlotte Bogdan, Clayton Herbert Carson, Peter Brian Logsdon, Hang Thanh Pham, Rajiv Ratna Singh, Hsueh Sung Tung, Ronald Riegal, David John Williams, Kevin Donald Uhrich
  • Patent number: 7208644
    Abstract: A process for production of high-purity hexafluoroethane, wherein a mixed gas containing hexafluoroethane and chlorotrifluoromethane is reacted with hydrogen fluoride in a gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst at 200–450° C., for fluorination of the chlorotrifluoromethane, or wherein pentafluoroethane containing chlorine compounds with 1–3 carbon atoms is reacted with hydrogen in a gas phase in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst at 150–400° C., and the product is then reacted with fluorine in a gas phase in the presence of a diluent gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 7176337
    Abstract: The process for producing perfluorocarbons according to the present invention is characterized in that in the production of a perfluorocarbon by contacting an organic compound with a fluorine gas, the organic compound is contacted with the fluorine gas at a temperature of from 200 to 500° C. and the content of an oxygen gas within the reaction system is controlled to 2% by volume or less based on the gas components in the reaction starting material, whereby a perfluorocarbon reduced in the content of impurities is produced. According to the process for producing perfluorocarbons of the present invention, high-purity perfluorocarbons extremely suppressed in the production of impurities such as an oxygen-containing compound can be obtained. The perfluorocarbons obtained by the production process of the present invention contain substantially no oxygen-containing compound and, therefore, can be effectively used as an etching or cleaning gas for use in a process for producing a semiconductor device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 7132578
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of trifluoromethyl iodide is provided. The process includes the step of contacting in a reactor a compound represented by the formula: CF3—W and a compound represented by the formula: IFn wherein W can be H, Br, Cl, COOH, COCl, COOCH3, COOC2H5, COCH3, COPh, CF3, Si(CH3)3, SPh, SCH3, SSCF3, SSPh, SSCH3, or SO2Cl, wherein n is 1, 3, 5, or 7, and wherein the step of contacting is carried out, at a temperature, pressure and for a length of time sufficient to produce trifluoromethyl iodide. The contacting step can be carried out in the presence or absence of a catalyst and the contacting step can be carried out in the presence or absence of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, Hsueh Sung Tung
  • Patent number: 7102041
    Abstract: A process for preparing a haloalkane comprising: (a) contacting a haloalkane starting material with an alkene in the presence of an effective amount of a catalyst complex under conditions effective to facilitate an addition reaction and to form a product stream comprising a haloalkane product from the addition reaction, wherein the catalyst complex has a boiling point higher than that of the haloalkane product; and (b) recovering the haloalkane product from the product stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Hsueh Sung Tung
  • Patent number: 7094934
    Abstract: In a process for producing a hydrogen-containing fluorinated hydrocarbon in which a halogenated hydrocarbon reaction raw material, which includes a chlorinated alkene and/or a hydrogen-containing chlorinated alkane, is subjected to a fluorination reaction with hydrogen fluoride in a liquid phase in a reactor in the presence of a fluorination catalyst to obtain a reaction mixture which includes the hydrogen-containing fluorinated hydrocarbon, the reactor to be used has a portion which is able to contact with the reaction mixture, at least a part of this portion being made of an alloy material of 18 to 20% by weight of chromium, 18 to 20% by weight of molybdenum, 1.5 to 2.2% by weight of at least one element selected from niobium and tantalum and the balance of nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriaki Shibata, Tatsuo Nakada, Takashi Shibanuma
  • Patent number: 7084316
    Abstract: A process comprising bringing crude pentafluoroethane containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of hydrofluorocarbons containing one carbon atom, hydrochlorofluorocarbons containing one carbon atom and hydrochlorocarbons containing one carbon atom, into contact with an adsorbent comprising a zeolite having an average pore size of 3 to 6 ? and a silica/aluminum ratio of 2.0 or less and/or a carbonaceous adsorbent having an average pore size of 3.5 to 6 ?, to reduce the content of the compound. The purified gas can be used as a low temperature refrigerant or an etching gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiromoto Ohno, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 7071367
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for the preparation of trifluoromethyl iodide. The process includes the step of: contacting in a reactor a compound represented by the formula: CF3—W and a compound represented by the formula: Z-I wherein W is selected from CF3, hydrogen and bromine; Z is selected from hydrogen, iodine and chlorine. The step of contacting is carried out, optionally in the presence of a catalyst and further optionally in the presence of air, at a temperature, pressure and for a length of time sufficient to produce the trifluoromethyl iodide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, Hsueh Sung Tung
  • Patent number: 7071368
    Abstract: A process for producing 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) which process comprises reacting hydrogen fluoride with vinylidene chloride along with one or more of 1,1,-dichloro-1-fluoroethane (HCFC-141b), 1-chloro-1,1-difluoroethane (HCFC-142b) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (HCC-140a) in the presence of pentavalent antimony as a fluorination catalyst under conditions to produce 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a), generally in yields of 90% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Merkel, Hsueh Sung Tung, Robert C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7067705
    Abstract: A convenient and economical process for the preparation of 1,1-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropane (HCFC-243) by the reaction of 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (HCC-240) with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of an activated hydrofluorination catalyst. Also, the selective fluorination of hydrochlorocarbons and/or hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or mixtures thereof is shown. A HCFC-243 reaction product yield of greater than 40% is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph J. Moscoe
  • Patent number: 7026520
    Abstract: Methane is used as the selective dehydrating agent for the production of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene (R1234yf) from 2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-1-propanol. Supported transition metal catalysts are prepared and used for this reaction with high activity. Almost 58% selectivity to R1234yf is obtained at an alcohol conversion level of 60% using unsupported Ni-mesh as the catalyst. Pd and Pt show almost similar level of conversion; however, the selectivity to the desired product is low. The activity of the metal catalyst was found to be a function of the type of support material, activated carbon showing better activity than alumina. Different important process parameters such as temperature, pressure, and contact time are studied to optimize the process. High pressure and temperature are deleterious to the rate of 1234yf formation; yet, the highest yield to 1234yf is obtained while performing a reaction at 494° C. with a contact time of 23 sec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, HsuehSung Tung, Haridasan K. Nair
  • Patent number: 7019173
    Abstract: A fluorine compound represented by Formula (1) is provided. The above fluorine compound is effective for introducing a fluorine atom into a compound having an active group such as an oxygen-containing functional group, and it can be used for uses of surface treatment, cleaning and coating. Further, after the fluorination reaction, the above compound is recovered and can be reused as a starting material for producing the above fluorine compound, and it is useful for various fluorination processes. (wherein X represents a nitrogen or phosphorus atom; R0, R1, and R2 represent hydrogen, an alkyl group or aryl group which may have a substituent, and they each may be the same or different; and R0, R1, and R2 may be combined with each other to form a ring).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshio Hidaka, Norio Fushimi, Takafumi Yoshimura, Takeshi Kawai
  • Patent number: 7009083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-chloro-1-fluoroethane and 1,1-difluoroethane by reaction of vinyl chloride with hydrogen fluoride, in an organic solvent consisting of at least one saturated halogen-containing hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pascal Pennetreau, Francine Janssens
  • Patent number: 6992199
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for sulphonylating a hydroxylated organic compound. The invention concerns in particular aliphatic hydroxylated compounds and more particularly those which comprise on their aliphatic chain, an electroattractive group. The method for sulphonylating a hydroxylated organic compound is characterised in that it consists in reacting said compound, with a sulphonylating agent, in the presence of a sufficient amount of a Lewis acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventors: Johann Vastra, Laurent Saint-Jalmes
  • Patent number: 6992229
    Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a method for purifying a fluorinated hydroxyl compound of the formula 1 safely in a high yield under industrially practical conditions. Namely, a mixture containing a fluorinated hydroxyl compound of Rf—CR1R2—OH (Formula 1, wherein Rf is a C1-20 polyfluoroalkyl group, and each of R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-3 alkyl group) such as 2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropanol, and a compound having an unshared electron pair, is distilled by heating in the presence of a solid acid catalyst such as a cation exchange resin catalyst, or by adding a proton source such as water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Akihiro Wada, Toshihiko Toma, Nobuyuki Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 6977316
    Abstract: A catalytic one-step process for the production of CF3I by reacting, preferably in the presence of a source of oxygen, a source of iodine with a reactant of the formula: CF3R where R is —SH, —S—S—CF3, —S-phenyl, or —S—Si—(CH3)3. The catalyst may be a metal salt such as salts of Cu, Hg, Pt, Pd, Co, Mn, Rh, Ni, V, TI, Ba, Cs, Ca, K and Ge and mixtures thereof, preferably on a support such as MgO, BaO and CaO, BaCO3, CsNO3, Ba (NO3)2, activated carbon, basic alumina, and ZrO2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, HsuehSung Tung
  • Patent number: 6963016
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of highly active modified carbon supported palladium catalyst by simultaneously impregnating activated carbon with a palladium precursor and an aluminium precursor. The carbon supported palladium catalyst is useful for the hydrodechlorination of dichlorodifluoromethane to produce difluoromethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Janmanchi K. Murthy, Sridara C. Shekar, Kamaraju S. Ramarao, Burri D. Raju, Kondapuram Vijaya Raghavan
  • Patent number: 6958424
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing fluoroalkene of the formula Rf—CH?CH2 from a fluorohaloalkene having the formula Rf—C(R1)?C(R2)H, wherein Rf is fluorine or a substituted or unsubstituted C1–C20 straight or branched-chain fluorinated alkyl and R1 and R2 are independently H, Cl, Br, or I, provided that at least one of R1 or R2 is Cl, Br, or I by reacting the fluorohaloalkene with a reducing agent, preferably a formate salt in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Haridasan K. Nair, Andrew J. Poss
  • Patent number: 6955789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reactor suitable for liquid-phase fluorination and provided, as heating means, with at least one element fixed to the cover so as to be immersed to the bottom of the vessel, characterized in that the parts of said reactor that are liable to be in contact with the reaction medium, other than the heating element, are coated with a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer and in that the part of the heating element liable to be in contact with the reaction medium is made of silicon carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: ARKEMA
    Inventors: Michel Devic, Philippe Bonnet, Eric Lacroix
  • Patent number: 6946582
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a fluoroalkyl iodide represented by the general formula (II): Rf-CH2CH2I??(II) wherein Rf is a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl group comprising 1 to 20 carbons, the process comprising reacting hydrogen iodide gas with a fluoroalkene in the presence of a catalyst. The present invention also provides a process for producing a fluoroester by reacting the fluoroalkyl iodide with a carboxylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Katsube, Kouzou Noda, Jun Miki
  • Patent number: 6909023
    Abstract: To provide a novel method for producing a fluorinated benzenedimethanol compound useful as a starting material or an intermediate in the production of agricultural or medicinal chemicals in an industrially advantageous manner. A method for producing a fluorinated benzenedimethanol compound according to the present invention comprises the steps of reducing the nitrile groups of a fluorinated benzenedinitrile compound to obtain a fluorinated xylylenediamine compound and then converting the aminomethyl groups of the fluorinated xylylenediamine compound into hydroxymethyl groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Murakami, Yuseki Suyama, Kohei Morikawa
  • Patent number: 6903230
    Abstract: It is to provide a process for synthesizing an intended fluorine-containing compound having a geminal difluoro structure with a high yield, by subjecting a carbonyl compound which is readily available to a two-stage reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shuzhong Wang, Kazuhiko Hayashi, Shinsuke Kaga, Kazuya Oharu
  • Patent number: 6900362
    Abstract: A process for the production of HFC-227ea from HF and HFP is provided. This process takes advantage of an azeotropic composition of HF and HFC-227ea in order to produce HFC-227ea essentially free of HF and recycle unreacted HF back to the reactor. The recycle of said azeotropic composition, also allows the use of HFC-227ea as a diluent to aid in control of reactor temperature for a highly exothermic reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Newton Miller, Mario J. Nappa, Donald J. Toton
  • Patent number: 6894200
    Abstract: A method of preparing vicinal difluoro aromatic compounds in high yield from hydroxy aromatic compounds using various bases and a method of preparing intermediates thereof. A method for making a vicinal difluoro halogenated aromatic compound including providing a tetrafluoro derivative of a halogen substituted aromatic compound, wherein the tetrafluoro derivative has two fluorine atoms on each of two adjacent carbons and at least one additional halogen substituent; reacting the tetrafluoro derivative with a reducing agent in presence of a base for a reaction time sufficient to form the vicinal difluoro halogenated aromatic compound containing two vicinal fluorine substituents and the at least one additional halogen substituent, wherein the reducing agent is used in a reducing agent effective amount sufficient to retain the at least one additional halogen substituent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Axel Klauck-Jacobs, Kathryn Sue Hayes, Reiner Taege, William Casteel, Gauri Sankar Lal
  • Patent number: 6878853
    Abstract: This invention discloses a process for preparing a dihalogenated adamantane by reacting an adamantane optionally substituted with alkyl at 1-position with a halosulfonic acid, comprising the first stage of monohalogenation conducted at ?5 to 15° C. and then the second stage of dihalogenation conducted at 17 to 35° C., preferably in the absence of an organic solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Tokuyama Corporation
    Inventors: Norihiro Tanaka, Masao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 6858752
    Abstract: A fluorinated polyvalent carbonyl compound is produced by an economically advantageous method from inexpensive materials without requiring a complicated synthetic process step. Namely, the present invention comprises reacting a polyvalent alcohol having at least two kinds of alcohol skeletons selected among a primary alcohol, a secondary alcohol and a tertiary alcohol, with an acid halide to obtain a polyvalent ester compound, fluorinating it in a liquid phase to obtain a perfluorinated polyvalent ester compound, and cleaving the ester bonds derived from primary and secondary alcohols in the perfluoropolyvalent ester compound to obtain a fluorinated polyvalent carbonyl compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Okazoe, Kunio Watanabe, Daisuke Shirakawa, Masahiro Ito, Shin Tatematsu
  • Patent number: 6841333
    Abstract: Photoacid generator salts comprising photoactive cationic moieties and segmented, highly fluorinated-hydrocarbon anionic moieties are disclosed which provide high photoacid strength and can be tailored for solubility and polarity. The present invention further relates to photoacid generators as they are used in photoinitiated acid-catalyzed processes for uses such as photoresists for microlithography and photopolymerization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: William M. Lamanna, Gregory D. Clark, Richard M. Flynn, Zai-Ming Qiu
  • Publication number: 20040242943
    Abstract: A high-purity pentafluoroethane is produced through a process comprising (1) a step of fluorinating tetrachloroethylene to obtain a crude pentafluoroethane containing impurities and (2) a step of bringing the crude pentafluoroethane containing impurities into contact with oxygen and/or an oxygen-containing compound in the presence of a catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Kazunari Kaga, Hiromoto Ohno, Toshio Ohi
  • Patent number: 6809226
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of chloro-1-fluoroethane and 1,1-difluoroethane by reaction of vinyl chloride with hydrogen fluoride, in organic solvent consisting of at least one saturated halogen-containing hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Solvay (Societe Anonyme)
    Inventors: Pascal Pennetreau, Francine Janssens
  • Publication number: 20040199031
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus useful in fluorinating organic compounds, or more particularly to a reactor system suitable for the fluorination of organic compounds on a commercial scale. The apparatus is also useful in chemical reactions including heating or cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuon Chiu, Merwyn E. Howells, Stephen A. Cottrell
  • Publication number: 20040186327
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 1,1,1-trifluoro-2,2-dichloroethane (F123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventors: Beatrice Boussand, Eric Jorda
  • Patent number: 6794492
    Abstract: Fluorinated alkyl compounds may be used as reaction intermediates or reaction products in polymerizing amino acid structures into peptides. Fluorinated methyl groups have been found to be particularly useful. A compound having a fluorinated methyl group such as that set forth below: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of: alkyls, hydrogen, aryls, aromatic compounds, amines, sulfur-containing alkyl groups, sulfur-containing aryl groups, and heterocyclic compounds may be utilized alone, or reacted in combination with other amino acids, to form a dipeptide, or polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Clemson University
    Inventors: Darryl DesMarteau, Vittorio Montanari
  • Patent number: 6784327
    Abstract: A process for the production of a fluorinated organic compound, characterized by fluorinating an organic compound having a hydrogen atoms using IF5; and a novel fluorination process for fluorinating an organic compound having a hydrogen atoms by using a fluorinating agent containing IF5 and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acids, bases, salts and additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Norihiko Yoneda, Tsuyoshi Fukuhara, Kazuhiro Shimokawa, Kenji Adachi, Satoshi Oishi
  • Patent number: 6762333
    Abstract: The fluorine content of an acyclic saturated compound of the formula CnFaXbHc (wherein each X is independently selected from the group consisting of Cl and Br, and wherein n is 1 to 6, a is 1 to 13, b is 0 to 12, c is 1 to 9, and a+b+c equals 2n+2) is reduced by reacting the acyclic saturated compound with HCl in the vapor phase at an elevated temperature in the presence of a catalyst, the mole ratio of HCl to the acyclic saturated compound being at least about 1:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Leo Ernest Manzer, V. N. Mallikarjuna Rao, Steven Henry Swearingen
  • Patent number: 6759381
    Abstract: Provided are azeotropic and azeotrope-like mixtures of 1-chloro-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropane and 1,2-dichloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene that are useful as an intermediate in the production of HFC-245fa. HFC-245fa is useful as a nontoxic, zero ozone depleting fluorocarbon useful as solvents, blowing agents, refrigerants, cleaning agents, aerosol propellants, heat transfer media, gaseous dielectrics, fire extinguishing compositions and power cycle working fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert C. Johnson, Daniel C. Merkel, Hsuehsung Tung
  • Publication number: 20040127755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for conducting a chemical reaction in a non-fluorous medium using a fluorous compound in the presence of a solid adsorbant containing a fluorous domain and at least one chemical reactant, comprising contacting the fluorous compound and at least one chemical reactant under conditions that form at least one product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: John Andrew Gladysz, Marc Oliver Wende, Dennis P. Curran
  • Patent number: 6749756
    Abstract: A method of separating compounds that includes the steps of: tagging at least a first organic compound with a first tagging moiety to result in a first tagged compound; tagging at least a second organic compound with a second tagging moiety different from the first tagging moiety to result in a second tagged compound; and separating the first tagged compound from a mixture including the second tagged compound using a separation technique based upon differences between the first tagging moiety and the second tagging moiety. The present invention also provides a method for carrying out a chemical reaction including the steps of: tagging a plurality of compounds with different tagging moieties to create tagged compounds, conducting at least one chemical reaction on a mixture of the tagged compounds to produce a mixture of tagged products, and separating the mixture of tagged products by a separation technique based upon differences in the tagging moieties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Dennis P. Curran, Oscar de Frutos Garcia, Yoji Oderaotoshi
  • Patent number: 6733883
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel fluorinated dendrons and to a universal strategy for producing functional fluorinated dendrons programmed to self-assemble into supramolecular nanocylinder compositions containing p-stacks of high electron or hole mobility donors (D), acceptors (A), or D-A complexes in the core. Such nanocylinder compositions are uniquely applicable to devices spanning from single supramolecule to nanoscopic and to macroscopic scales including transistors, photovoltaics, photoconductors, photorefractives, light emissives, and optoelectronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventor: Virgil Percec
  • Publication number: 20040073065
    Abstract: A fluorine compound represented by Formula (1) is provided. The above fluorine compound is effective for introducing a fluorine atom into a compound having an active group such as an oxygen-containing functional group, and it can be used for uses of surface treatment, cleaning and coating. Further, after the fluorination reaction, the above compound is recovered and can be reused as a starting material for producing the above fluorine compound, and it is useful for various fluorination processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Toshio Hidaka, Norio Fushimi, Takafumi Yoshimura, Takeshi Kawai
  • Publication number: 20040064004
    Abstract: The present invention is directed towards the fluorination of polymeric C60 and towards the chemical and physical modifications of polymeric C60 that can be accomplished through fluorination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Applicants: William Marsh Rice University, Institute for High Pressure Physics
    Inventors: John L. Margrave, Valery N. Khabashesku, Zhenning Gu, Valery Aleksandrovich Davydov, Aleksandra Viktorovna Rakhmanina, Lyudmila Stepanovna Kashevarova
  • Patent number: 6710215
    Abstract: A method of simultaneous and selective prepararation of hexafluoropropylene and octafluorocyclebutane comprising the steps of: (a) thermally decomposing difluorochloromethane to obtain tetrafluoroethylene and then supplying the resulting tetrafluoroethylene into a fluidized bed reactor equipped with a distributor for supplying steam; and (b) supplying steam into a flow of tetrafluoroethylene supplied into the fluidized bed reactor, through a distributor for supplying steam at a certain molar ratio of tetrafluoroethylene/stream, and then performing dimerization of tetrafluoroethylene in the fluidized bed reactor under an atmospheric pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Ju Moon, Moon Jo Chung, Young Soo Kwon, Byoung Sung Ahn
  • Patent number: 6706933
    Abstract: A method of preparing vicinal difluoro aromatic compounds in high yield from hydroxy aromatic compounds and a method of preparing intermediates thereof. The hydroxy aromatic compound can be a mono-, bi- or tricyclic aromatic in which the rings are separate or fused. One or more of the rings can contain heteroatoms, such as oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur, and can contain one or more substitutions, in addition to the hydroxy substitution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Gauri Sankar Lal, Kathryn Sue Hayes
  • Patent number: 6683202
    Abstract: The invention discloses a novel ester compound of an unsaturated carboxylic acid represented by the general formula in which R1 is preferably a hydrogen atom or methyl group, R2 is preferably a trifluoromethyl group, R3 is a non-aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbon group or, preferably, an adamantyl group and R4 is preferably a hydrogen atom or methyl group. This unsaturated ester compound is polymerizable to give a (co)polymeric resin which can be used as a base resinous ingredient in a photoresist composition for light exposure with ultraviolet light of a very short wavelength by virtue of the high transparency to the short-wavelength light. A synthetic method for the preparation of the novel ester compound is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Tokyo Ohka, Kogyo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ogata, Kotaro Endo, Hiroshi Komano
  • Publication number: 20040006249
    Abstract: According to the invention, a fluorination treated substance remarkably reduced in the light absorption loss of a substance to be treated, such as a fluoride thin film, a fluorination treatment apparatus capable of producing the fluorination treated substance, and a process for producing a fluorination treated substance can be provided. Disclosed is a process for producing a fluorination treated substance, comprising an enclosure step of enclosing a substance to be treated in a reactor and a fluorination reaction step of introducing a fluorine gas into the reactor to bring the substance to be treated into contact with the fluorine gas and thereby carry out fluorination reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 8, 2004
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K., NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Hoshino, Yusuke Taki
  • Publication number: 20040002575
    Abstract: There are provided a fluorine-containing ethylenic monomer having hydroxyl group or fluoroalkyl carbonyl group and represented by the formula (1): 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Araki, Yuzo Komatsu, Meiten Koh
  • Patent number: 6670514
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which: R1 is H, F, CF3, OCF3, OCF2H, OCFH2, an alkyl radical or an alkenyl radical; R2 is H, an alkyl radical or alkyloxy radical or an alkenyl or alkenyloxy radical; G2—G1 is —CH═CH—, —CH2CH2—, —CF═CH—, —CH═CF—, —CF═CF—, —CH2—, —CF2—; M1, M2 are each, independently of one another, —C(═O)O—, —OC(═O)—, —CH2O—, —OCH2—, —OCF2—, —CF2O—, —C≡C—, —CH2CH2—, —CF2CF2— or a single bond; A1, A2 are each, independently of one another, phenylene-1,4-diyl, unsubstituted, monosubstituted or disubstituted by F, cyclohexane-1,4-diyl, 1,3-dioxan-2,5-diyl; m, n are each, independently of one another, zero or 1; m+n=0 or 1; The invention furthermore provides a liquid-crystal mixture comprising one or more compounds of the formula (I
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Clariant Finance (BVI) Limited
    Inventors: Rainer Wingen, Barbara Hornung, Wolfgang Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6660893
    Abstract: A process for separating and recovering hydrogen fluoride from a mixture with an organic compound especially a fluorine-containing compound by extraction with a solution of an alkali metal fluoride in hydrogen fluoride, phase separation and recovery. A process for producing a fluorine-containing organic compound by fluorinating a starting material with hydrogen fluoride and similarly recovering hydrogen fluoride from the product stream. The solution may be anhydrous or aqueous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Ineca Fluor Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Paul Nicholas Ewing, Charles John Shields, Christopher Roberts