Catalyst Utilized Patents (Class 570/227)
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Patent number: 11338276Abstract: A catalyst for preparing chloroethylene by cracking 1,2-dichloroethane and a preparation and regeneration method thereof are disclosed in the present application. A catalyst for preparing chloroethylene by cracking 1,2-dichloroethane includes a carrier and a nitrogen-containing carbon as an active component of the catalyst with the nitrogen-containing carbon being loaded on the carrier. The method for preparing the catalyst includes: supporting an organic matter on an inorganic porous carrier and then performing a carbonization-nitridation process by pyrolysis in an atmosphere containing the nitrogen-containing compound. The method for regenerating the catalyst includes: calcinating the catalyst with deactivated carbon deposit in an oxidizing atmosphere to remove all the carbonaceous portions on the surface, and repeating the above preparation process of the catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignees: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, FORMOSA PLASTICS CORPORATIONInventors: Jinming Xu, Sisi Fan, Yanqiang Huang, Fao Zhang, Chin Lien Huang, Wan Tun Hung, Tu Cheng Chen, Chien Hui Wu, Ya Wen Cheng, Ming Hsien Wen, Chao Chin Chang, Tsao Cheng Huang
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Patent number: 11247951Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an efficient method for obtaining a desired isomer of HFO-1132 from a composition comprising trans-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(E)) and cis-1,2-difluoroethylene (HFO-1132(Z)). The present invention provides, as a means for solving the problem, a method for producing HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z), comprising steps (1) to (3): (1) supplying a composition comprising HFO-1132(E) and/or HFO-1132(Z) to a reactor filled with a catalyst to perform an isomerization reaction between the HFO-1132(E) and the HFO-1132(Z); (2) separating the reaction product obtained in step (1) into a first stream comprising the HFO-1132(E) as a main component, and a second stream comprising the HFO-1132(Z) as a main component; and (3) recycling the first stream or the second stream obtained in step (2) to the reactor, to subject the first stream or the second stream to the isomerization reaction.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Usui, Tsubasa Nakaue, Yuzo Komatsu, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Takehiro Chaki, Megumi Kushida
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Patent number: 10851033Abstract: A process for producing a reaction mixture comprising a plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers comprising chlorinating a C3 chlorinated alkane starting material in a chlorination zone to produce the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers, the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers each having at least one more chlorine atom than the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material, wherein the concentration of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material is controlled such that conversion of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material to the plurality of C3 chlorinated alkane isomers, represented by the molar ratio of the C3 chlorinated alkane starting material:C3 chlorinated alkane isomers in the reaction mixture present in the chlorination zone, does not exceed about 40:60.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SPOLEK PRO CHEMICKOU A HUTNI VYROBU A.S.Inventors: Zdenek Ondrus, Pavel Kubicek, Petr Sladek
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Patent number: 10807925Abstract: A process for making a fluorinated olefin having the step of dehydrochlorinating a hydrochlorofluorocarbon having at least one hydrogen atom and at least one chlorine atom on adjacent carbon atoms, preferably carried out in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of (i) one or more metal halides, (ii) one or more halogenated metal oxides, (iii) one or more zero-valent metals/metal alloys, (iv) a combination of two or more of the foregoing.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Patent number: 10611707Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a highly pure 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane product, comprising 1-a) providing a reaction mixture comprising ethylene, carbon tetrachloride and a catalyst in a principal alkylation zone to produce 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane in the reaction mixture, and 1-b) treating the reaction mixture obtained in step 1-a) to obtain a 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane feedstock; 2-a) contacting the 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane feedstock with a catalyst in a dehydrochlorination zone to produce a reaction mixture comprising 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and 1,1,3-trichloropropene, and 2-b) treating the reaction mixture obtained in step 2-a) to obtain a 1,1,3-trichloropropene feedstock; 3-a) contacting the 1,1,3-trichloropropene feedstock with chlorine in a reaction zone to produce a reaction mixture containing 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane and 1,1,3-trichloropropene, the reaction zone being different from the dehydrochlorination zone, and 3-b) treating the reaction mixture obtained in step 3-a) to obType: GrantFiled: December 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SPOLEK PRO CHEMICKOU A HUTNI VYROBU A.S.Inventors: Zdenek Ondrus, Pavel Kubicek, Karel Filas, Petr Sladek
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Patent number: 10294179Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a chlorinated C3-6 alkane comprising providing a reaction mixture comprising an alkene and carbon tetrachloride in a principal alkylation zone to produce chlorinated C3-6 alkane in the reaction mixture, and extracting a portion of the reaction mixture from the principal alkylation zone, wherein: a) the concentration of the chlorinated C3-6 alkane in the reaction mixture in the principal alkylation zone is maintained at a level such that the molar ratio of chlorinated C3-6 alkane:carbon tetrachloride in the reaction mixture extracted from the alkylation zone does not exceed 95:5 when the principal alkylation zone is in continuous operation; and/or b) the reaction mixture extracted from the principal alkylation zone additionally comprises alkene and the reaction mixture is subjected to a dealkenation step in which at least about 50% or more by weight of the alkene present in the reaction mixture is extracted therefrom and at least about 50% of the extracted alkene is fed bType: GrantFiled: December 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: SPOLEK PRO CHEMICKOU A HUTNI VYROBU A.S.Inventors: Karel Filas, Pavel Kubicek, Zdenek Ondrus, Petr Sladek
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Patent number: 10189759Abstract: Disclosed is a process for preparing a chlorinated alkene, comprising contacting a chlorinated alkane with a catalyst in a dehydrochlorination zone to produce a liquid reaction mixture comprising the chlorinated alkane and the chlorinated alkene, and extracting chlorinated alkene from the reaction mixture, wherein the concentration of the chlorinated alkene in the reaction mixture present in the dehydrochlorination zone is controlled such that the molar ratio of chlorinated alkene:chlorinated alkane is from 1:99 to 50:50.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: SPOLEK PRO CHEMICKOU A HUNTI VYROBU A.S.Inventors: Zdenek Ondrus, Pavel Kubicek, Karel Filas, Petr Sladek
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Patent number: 9969664Abstract: A process for the manufacture of 1,1,3,3-tetrachloropropene, the process comprising dehydrochlorinating 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Occidental Chemical CorporationInventors: Rodney L. Klausmeyer, Darrell G. Hollis, Keith S. Kramer, John L. Dawkins, Derrek Rae Burrows
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Patent number: 9475740Abstract: Processes for the production of chlorinated propenes are provided. The present processes make use of 1,2-dichloropropane, a by-product in the production of chlorohydrin, as a low cost starting material. 1,1,1,2,2-pentachloropropane produced by the process is subjected to catalytic dehydrochlorination and build-up of the same within the process is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: BLUE CUBE IP LLCInventors: Max M. Tirtowidjojo, David S. Laitar, Barry B. Fish, William J. Kruper, Jr.
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Patent number: 9233896Abstract: Processes for the production of chlorinated propenes are provided wherein a dehydrochlorination reaction occurs prior to a first chlorination reaction. The present processes make use of at least one reactor twice, i.e., at least two reactions occur in the same reactor. Cost and time savings are thus provided. Additional savings can be achieved by conducting more than two chlorination reactions, or all chlorination reactions, in one chlorination reactor, and/or by conducting more than two dehydrochlorination reactions, or all dehydrochlorination reactions, within a single dehydrochlorination reactor.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2012Date of Patent: January 12, 2016Assignee: Blue Cube IP LLCInventors: Max M. Tirtowidjojo, Barry B. Fish, David S. Laitar
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Publication number: 20150126786Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing a C3-7 (hydro)fluoroalkene comprising dehydrohalogenating a C3-7 hydro(halo)fluoroalkane in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal oxide supported on alumina, wherein the catalyst has a sodium content of less than about 800 ppm.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2013Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Andrew P Sharratt, Claire E McGuinness, Sheryl C Carolan
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Patent number: 9018428Abstract: Disclosed is a reactor and agitator useful in a high pressure process for making 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (1233zd) from the reaction of 1,1,1,3,3-pentachloropropane (240fa) and HF, wherein the agitator includes one or more of the following design improvements: (a) double mechanical seals with an inert barrier fluid or a single seal; (b) ceramics on the rotating faces of the seal; (c) ceramics on the static faces of seal; (d) wetted o-rings constructed of spring-energized Teflon and PTFE wedge or dynamic o-ring designs; and (e) wetted metal surfaces of the agitator constructed of a corrosion resistant alloy.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Stephen A. Cottrell
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Patent number: 9012702Abstract: A dehydrochlorination process is disclosed. The process involves contacting RfCFClCH2X with a catalyst in a reaction zone to produce a product mixture comprising RfCF?CHX, wherein said catalyst comprises MY supported on carbon, and wherein Rf is a perfluorinated alkyl group, X ?H, F, Cl, Br or I, M=K, Na or Cs, and Y?F, Cl or Br.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Xuehui Sun, Mario Joseph Nappa
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Patent number: 9000239Abstract: The present invention provides processes for the production of HCFO-1233zd, 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, from the starting material, 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf). In a first process, HCFO-1233zd is produced by the isomerization of HCFO-1233xf. In a second process, HCFO-1233zd is produced in a two-step procedure which includes (i) dehydrochlorination of HCFO-1233xf into trifluoropropyne; and (ii) hydrochlorination of the trifluoropropyne into HCFO-1233zd.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Patent number: 8993816Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the synthesis of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (HCC-1230xa) using 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) and Cl2 gas as the reactants, wherein the process takes place in a single reactor system. Before this invention, HCC-1230xa was made in a two-step process using HCC-1240za/HCC-1240zf and Cl2 gas, and the processing was conducted using two separate reactors.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2014Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Terris Yang, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Patent number: 8921622Abstract: A process for the selective dehydrofluorination of hydrochlorofluoroalkanes and novel hydrochlorofluoroalkenes is described wherein an effective amount of a catalytically active metal compound is applied which is selected from the group consisting of AlF3??, MgAlxF2+3x?? and MgZryF2+4y??, wherein x and y have, independently of one another, values in the range of from 0 to 0.33 and ? has a value in the range of from 0 to 0.1. Certain hydrofluorochloroalkenes are also described, as well as their use as intermediates in chemical reactions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Solvay SAInventors: Johannes Eicher, Ercan Uenveren, Erhard Kemnitz
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Patent number: 8912371Abstract: A method of producing a chlorinated hydrocarbon having 3 carbon atoms, comprising a conversion step for converting a chloropropane represented by the following formula (1) into a chloropropane represented by the following formula (2) by reacting it with chlorine in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride. CCl3—CCl(2-m)Hm—CCl(3-n)Hn??(1) (In the above formula (1), m is 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 0 to 3.) CCl3—CCl(3-m)H(m-1)—CCl(3-n)Hn??(2) (In the above formula (2), m and n are the same integers as in the formula (1), respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Tokuyama CorporationInventors: Shunsuke Hosaka, Yasutaka Komatsu, Masayuki Moriwaki, Kikuo Yamamoto, Naoya Okada
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Patent number: 8912369Abstract: A production method of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene according to the present invention includes bringing a composition containing a compound of the general formula (1): CF3—CH2—CHClX (where X is a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom) into contact with a solid catalyst in the presence of hydrogen chloride. In this production method, the composition containing ozone depleting HCFC such as 3-chloro-1,1,1,3-tetraluoforpropane or 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane can be efficiently converted to the 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, which has less influence on the global environment and is useful as a solvent, a cleaning agent, a coolant, a working fluid, a propellant, a raw material for fluorinated resins etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Hideaki Imura, Naoto Takada
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Patent number: 8912372Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride, ethylene, and chlorine.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Occidental Chemical CorporationInventors: Richard L. Wilson, Rodney L. Klausmeyer, John Lee Dawkins, Daniel D. Rohrback, James S. Strathe, Lloyd B. Branam
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Patent number: 8907147Abstract: The present invention provides an improved process for producing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene. By using a first reactive distillation column for HCC-250fb dehydrochlorination, and a second reactive distillation column for HCC-240db dehydrochlorination/HCC-1230xf isomerization, the 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene manufacturing process can be greatly simplified, resulting in reduced equipment use, energy use, as well as increased productivity.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung, Joshua Close, Terris Tianxue Yang
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Patent number: 8889928Abstract: This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) selectivity in the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (HCC-250fb). In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene. The present invention demonstrates that when using FeCl3 as the catalyst for 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane dehydrochlorination, the reaction product contains significant amounts of high boiling compounds, such as pentachlorocyclohexene and/or hexachlorocyclohexane species. The addition of one or more UV-stabilizer and/or anti-oxidant compounds, or mixtures thereof, into the dehydrochlorination reaction system, inhibits the formation of these high boiling compounds and improves selectivity to the desired product.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Terris Yang, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Process to make 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene
Patent number: 8889929Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the synthesis of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (HCC-1230xa) using 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) and Cl2 gas as the reactants, wherein the process takes place in a single reactor system. Before this invention, HCC-1230xa was made in a two-step process using HCC-1240za/HCC-1240zf and Cl2 gas, and the processing was conducted using two separate reactors.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2014Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Terris Yang, Hsueh Sung Tung -
Patent number: 8889927Abstract: This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) selectivity in the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (HCC-250fb). In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene. Here the improvement comprises, using as the starting material, a mixture comprising HCC-250fb and Heavies generated from the reaction of CCl4 and ethylene to produce HCC-250fb, wherein the Heavies comprise one or more tetrachloropentane isomers. These compounds reduce or eliminate the formation of unwanted high boiling compounds (HBCs).Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Terris Yang, Joshua Close, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Patent number: 8884082Abstract: A dehydrochlorination process is disclosed. The process involves contacting RfCHClCH2Cl with a carbon catalyst in a reaction zone to produce a product mixture comprising RfCCl?CH2, wherein Rf is a perfluorinated alkyl group.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Xuehui Sun, Mario Joseph Nappa
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Patent number: 8841493Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is a process for preparing fluoroolefin compounds. The invention relates more particularly to a process for producing a (hydro)fluoroolefin compound, which comprises (i) bringing at least one compound comprising from three to six carbon atoms, at least two fluorine atoms and at least one hydrogen atom, on the condition that at least one hydrogen atom and one fluorine atom are located on adjacent carbon atoms, into contact with a solid reactant comprising calcium hydroxide.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Dominique Guillet, Michel Devic
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Publication number: 20140275658Abstract: This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) selectivity in the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (HCC-250fb). In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene. Here the improvement comprises, using as the starting material, a mixture comprising HCC-250fb and Heavies generated from the reaction of CCl4 and ethylene to produce HCC-250fb, wherein the Heavies comprise one or more tetrachloropentane isomers. These compounds reduce or eliminate the formation of unwanted high boiling compounds (HBCs).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Terris Yang, Joshua Close, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Publication number: 20140275659Abstract: This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) selectivity in the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (HCC-250fb). In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene. The present invention demonstrates that when using FeCl3 as the catalyst for 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane dehydrochlorination, the reaction product contains significant amounts of high boiling compounds, such as pentachlorocyclohexene and/or hexachlorocyclohexane species. The addition of one or more UV-stabilizer and/or anti-oxidant compounds, or mixtures thereof, into the dehydrochlorination reaction system, inhibits the formation of these high boiling compounds and improves selectivity to the desired product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Terris Yang, Hsueh Sung Tung
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Patent number: 8816140Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a fluorine-containing alkene of the general formula CF3(CX2)nCF?CH2, wherein X each independently represents F or Cl, and n is an integer of 0 to 2. The process includes a first reaction step of allowing a specific chlorine-containing compound to react with a fluorinating agent under increased pressure in a gas phase in the presence of at least one fluorination catalyst selected from the group consisting of chromium oxide and fluorinated chromium oxide, and a second reaction step of heating the product of the first reaction step in a gas phase under a pressure lower than the pressure in the first reaction step. The process of the present invention can produce a fluorine-containing alkene with a high selectivity with the use of a catalyst that can be easily handled, while suppressing production of by-products that cannot be easily converted into the target or separated.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2011Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Daisuke Karube, Yuzo Komatsu, Atsushi Suzuki
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Publication number: 20140235907Abstract: This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene selectivity in HCC-250fb (1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane) dehydrochlorination. In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-tri-chloropropene. In this invention as source of water is added into the reaction system to inhibit the formation of high boiling compounds such as pentachlorocyclohexene and/or hexachlorocyclohexane. Once source of water is H2O itself. Another source of water is one or more hydrated metal halides.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Terris Yang, Hsueh Sung Tung, Robert Johnson, Joshua Close
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Publication number: 20140100394Abstract: Processes for the production of chlorinated propenes are provided. The present processes make use of a feedstream comprising 1,2-dichloropropane, a by-product in the production of chlorohydrin, as a low cost starting material, alone or in combination with 1,2,3-trichloropropane. Selectivity of the process is enhanced over conventional processes employing successive chlorinations and/or dehydrochlorinations, by conducting at least one chlorination in the presence of an ionic chlorination catalyst. The present processes may also generate anhydrous HCl as a byproduct that can be removed from the process and used as a feedstock for other processes, providing further time and cost savings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Max M. Tirtowidjojo, William J. Kruper, JR., Barry B. Fish, David S. Laitar
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Patent number: 8614363Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride, ethylene, and chlorine.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Occidental Chemical CorporationInventors: Richard L. Wilson, Rodney L. Klausmeyer, John Lee Dawkins, Daniel D. Rohrback, James S. Strathe, Lloyd B. Branam
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Patent number: 8586804Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane comprising contacting 1,1,1,3,tetrachloropropane in the vapor phase in a reaction zone with a catalyst comprising iron, to produce a product mixture comprising 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene; and recovering said 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene from the product mixture produced. Also disclosed is a process for the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane comprising heating 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane in the liquid phase to produce a mixture comprising 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene, cooling said mixture, separating hydrogen chloride from said mixture and recovering 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and CompanyInventors: Mario Joseph Nappa, Robert D. Lousenberg, Andrew Jackson
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Publication number: 20130204052Abstract: The present invention discloses a catalyst used in preparing vinyl chloride, its method of preparation, and its applications. Said catalyst used in making vinyl chloride comprises activated carbon as a support, a barium compound and a phosphorus compound supported thereon. The barium compound accounts for 0.2% to 20% of the total mass of the catalyst and the phosphorus compound accounts for 0% to 10% of the total mass of the catalyst based on the mass percentage. A water-soluble barium compound, a water-soluble phosphorus compound, an aqueous polymer monomer, and water are mixed to form a solution or emulsion A. The activated carbon is added into the solution or emulsion A. The activated carbon is removed from water after impregnation, spin-dried, and then the monomers are polymerized. The activated carbon, after polymerization step, is heated to remove water and to decompose and carbonize the polymer. The catalyst after carbonization was activated to obtain a catalyst used in making vinyl chloride.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicants: Zhongke Yigong (Xiamen) Chemical Technology Co. Ltd., Shanghai CAS Advanced Research InstituteInventors: Biao Jiang, Jinguang Zhong
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Publication number: 20130165705Abstract: A method of producing a chlorinated hydrocarbon having 3 carbon atoms, comprising a conversion step for converting a chloropropane represented by the following formula (1) into a chloropropane represented by the following formula (2) by reacting it with chlorine in the presence of anhydrous aluminum chloride. CCl3—CCl(2-m)Hm—CCl(3-n)Hn??(1) (In the above formula (1), m is 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 0 to 3.) CCl3—CCl(3-m)H(m-1)—CCl(3-n)Hn??(2) (In the above formula (2), m and n are the same integers as in the formula (1), respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2011Publication date: June 27, 2013Applicant: TOKUYAMA CORPORATIONInventors: Shunsuke Hosaka, Yasutaka Komatsu, Masayuki Moriwaki, Kikuo Yamamoto, Naoya Okada
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Publication number: 20130012743Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride, ethylene, and chlorine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Inventors: Richard L. Wilson, Rodney L. Klausmeyer, John Lee Dawkins, Daniel D. Rohrback, James S. Strathe, Lloyd B. Branam
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Patent number: 8258355Abstract: Provided is a continuous process for preparing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloro-1-propene having the steps of catalytically dehydrochlorinating CH2ClCCl2CH2Cl in the gas phase to produce CHCl?CClCH2Cl; chlorinating the CHCl?CClCH2Cl to form CHCl2CCl2CH2Cl; and catalytically dehydrochlorinating the CHCl2CCl2CH2Cl in the gas phase to form CCl2?CClCH2Cl.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2008Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Daniel C. Merkel, Hsueh S. Tung, Michael Van Der Puy, Jing Ji Ma
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Publication number: 20120142981Abstract: A production method of 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene comprising the following steps A and B; Step A: 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane is dehydrochlorinated at a temperature between 30° C. and 50° C. in the presence of at least one base selected from the group consisting of alkali metal hydroxides and alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and a phase transfer catalyst, Step B: 3,3,3-trichloro-1-propene obtained in the step A is isomerized into 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene in the presence of a metal catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi Souda, Koji Hagiya
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Publication number: 20120142980Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane comprising contacting 1,1,1,3,tetrachloropropane in the vapor phase in a reaction zone with a catalyst comprising iron, to produce a product mixture comprising 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene; and recovering said 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene from the product mixture produced. Also disclosed is a process for the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane comprising heating 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane in the liquid phase to produce a mixture comprising 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene, cooling said mixture, separating hydrogen chloride from said mixture and recovering 1,1,3-trichloro-1-propene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventors: MARIO JOSEPH NAPPA, ROBERT D. LOUSENBERG, ANDREW JACKSON
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Patent number: 8178466Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for pre-treating activated carbon before it is used in a dehydrochlorination process. The methods can comprise mixing the activated carbon with an acid, an oxidizing agent in a liquid phase, or an oxidizing agent in a gas phase. Activated carbons undergoing one or more of these methods can exhibit improved stability during the dehydrochlorination process.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh S. Tung
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Publication number: 20120053374Abstract: A process of making a chlorinated hydrocarbon through a thermal dehydrochlorination step in which an unsaturated compound represented by the following general formula (2) is obtained by thermally decomposing a saturated compound represented by the following general formula (1). CCl3—CCl2-mHm—CCl3-nHn??(1) CCl2?CCl2-mHm-1—CCl3-nHn??(2) (in the above formulas, m is 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 0 to 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventors: Tadahiro Fukuju, Kikuo Yamamoto, Masayuki Moriwaki, Yasutaka Komatsu, Akihiro Saito, Shunsuke Hosaka, Dai Tsunoda, Jun Kawakami
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Patent number: 8115038Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride ethylene, and chlorine.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: February 14, 2012Assignee: Occidental Chemical CorporationInventors: Richard L. Wilson, Rodney L. Klausmeyer, John Lee Dawkins, Daniel D. Rohrback, James S. Strathe, Lloyd B. Branam
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Publication number: 20120035402Abstract: Methods for the manufacture of 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine are disclosed. Improved methods are provided for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane. Methods are also disclosed for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane and chlorine and for the manufacture of 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene from carbon tetrachloride, ethylene, and chlorine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATIONInventors: Richard L. Wilson, Rodney L. Klausmeyer, John Lee Dawkins, Daniel D. Rohrback, James S. Strathe, Lloyd B. Branam
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Patent number: 8030531Abstract: 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 of high purity is produced from 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane by a process comprising the steps of dehydrochlorination, chlorination of the reaction product obtained in the dehydrochlorination step and subsequent separation of a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 composition from the reaction product of the chlorination step.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Dupont Performance Elastomers LLCInventor: Terry Wayne Redwine
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Patent number: 8026400Abstract: Purified chlorinated alkenes are produced by a process in which a mixture of i) a first chlorinated alkene that has at least one beta-chlorine substituent and no alpha-chlorine substituents and ii) a second chlorinated alkene that has at least one alpha-chlorine substituent is contacted with chlorine in an amount sufficient to further chlorinate the second chlorinated alkene, but which is insufficient to cause conversion of more than 20% of the first chlorinated alkene.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2008Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Dupont Performance Elastomers LLCInventor: Terry Wayne Redwine
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Publication number: 20090312586Abstract: Methods and systems for the hydrogenation of multi-brominated alkanes are provided herein. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a method, the method comprising: reacting at least hydrogen and multi-brominated alkanes in the presence of a catalyst to form a hydrogenated stream comprising brominated alkanes having fewer bromine substituents than the multi-brominated alkanes reacted with the hydrogen. Embodiments of the method further may comprise forming brominated alkanes. Embodiments of the method further may comprising forming product hydrocarbons from brominated alkanes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2008Publication date: December 17, 2009Applicant: MARATHON GTF TECHNOLOGY, LTD.Inventors: John J. Waycuilis, William J. Turner
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Publication number: 20090163745Abstract: 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 of high purity is produced from 1,2,3,4-tetrachlorobutane by a process comprising the steps of dehydrochlorination, chlorination of the reaction product obtained in the dehydrochlorination step and subsequent separation of a 2,3-dichlorobutadiene-1,3 composition from the reaction product of the chlorination step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2008Publication date: June 25, 2009Inventor: TERRY WAYNE REDWINE
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Publication number: 20090118555Abstract: An integrated process for the manufacture of HFO trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO trans-1234ze) by first catalytically dehydrofluorinating 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane to thereby produce a mixture of cis-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride. Then optionally recovering hydrogen fluoride, catalytically isomerizing cis-1234ze into trans-1234ze, and recovering trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2009Publication date: May 7, 2009Inventors: Haiyou Wang, Hsueh Sung Tung, Yuon Chiu, Gustavo Cerri, Stephen A. Cottrell
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Publication number: 20090030249Abstract: Provided is a continuous process for preparing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloro-1-propene having the steps of catalytically dehydrochlorinating CH2ClCCl2CH2Cl in the gas phase to produce CHCl?CClCH2Cl; chlorinating the CHCl?CClCH2Cl to form CHCl2CCl2CH2Cl; and catalytically dehydrochlorinating the CHCl2CCl2CH2Cl in the gas phase to form CCl2?CClCH2Cl.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Daniel C. Merkel, Hsueh S. Tung, Michael Van Der Puy, Jing Ji Ma
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Publication number: 20080242902Abstract: Described are compositions adapted to catalyze the vapor phase dehydrohalogenation of 1,1,2-trihaloethane to 1,1-dihaloethylene, e.g., 1,1,2-trichloroethane to vinylidene chloride. These materials include activated carbon and at least one benzimidazole-containing material defined herein as including benzimidazole, a derivative thereof, a salt thereof or mixtures thereof. Also described are methods for producing and using these catalytic compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INCInventors: Yurii Oleksiyovych Serhuchev, Yurii Vasyliyovych Bilokopytov, Igorlvanovych Chernobaev
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Patent number: 7135601Abstract: A process for producing a producing a product of the formula: R—CF?CHR1 wherein R is F or CF3 and R1 is F when R is F and is H when R is CF3 by reacting a reactant of the formula: CF3—R2 wherein R2 is selected from and wherein R3 is H, F or Cl and R4 is H or Cl, in the presence of a suitable catalyst, with a reducing agent selected from methane, methyl chloride and mixtures thereof, in a gas phase reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2005Date of Patent: November 14, 2006Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: Sudip Mukhopadhyay, HsuehSung Tung