413results about "Hydroxy group formation/introduction" patented technology

The invention provides a method of producing a graphene material from a starting graphitic material. In an embodiment, the method comprises: (a) dispersing the starting graphitic material in a liquid medium to form a graphite suspension; and (b) introducing the graphite suspension into a hydrodynamic cavitation reactor that generates and collapses cavitation or bubbles in the liquid medium to exfoliate and separate graphene planes from the starting graphitic material for producing the graphene material. The process is fast (minutes as opposed to hours or days of conventional processes), environmentally benign, and highly scalable. The reactor can concurrently perform the functions of graphene production, chemical functionalization, dispersion, and mixing with a polymer to make a composite.

Gas phase hydrocarbons resulting from the operation of offshore petroleum wells are converted into corresponding liquid products which are mixed with liquid phased hydrocarbons resulting from operation of the offshore petroleum well for delivery therewith.

The invention relates to a catalyst used in a ring-opening hydrogenation reaction of a furan derivative. The catalyst is applied to direct preparation of one-step ring-opening hydrogenation of 1,5-pentanediol and 1,2-pentanediol by taking furfural or furfuryl alcohol serving as a raw material under a mild condition. The catalyst can provide two active ingredients, namely the ring-opening active center of a transition metal oxide and the hydrogenation active center of Pt, Pd, Rh, Ru, Co or Ni, wherein the active center of the transition metal oxide is mainly used for adsorbing furfural or furfuryl alcohol and directly hydrogenating a furan ring for opening the furan ring; and the hydrogenation active center of a noble metal or Co, Ni and the like is mainly used for quickly hydrogenating an intermediate material and hydrogenating subsequent enol so as to obtain 1,5-pentanediol and 1,2-pentanediol. An environmentally-friendly, reproducible, low-cost, mild and effective method is provided for producing 1,5-pentanediol and 1,2-pentanediol. The high-performance ring-opening hydrogenation catalyst is also suitable for the ring-opening hydrogenation reaction of other furan derivatives.

A process for the production of synthesis gas for obtaining compounds such as ammonia or methanol, in which hydrocarbons and steam are reacted first in a primary reforming section (11) and then-together with oxygen-in a secondary reforming section (12), thus obtaining CO, CO2, H2 and possibly N2 which are then fed to a carbon monoxide conversion section (13, 14), is distinguished by the fact of reacting hydrocarbons, steam and oxygen in an autothermal reforming section (20) provided in parallel with respect to other reforming sections (11, 12), and feeding the so produced CO, CO2, H2 and possibly N2 to the carbon monoxide conversion section (13, 14).

The invention relates to a method for preparing 1,3-dihydric alcohol directly from olefin. The method employs formaldehyde, olefin and water as reaction substrates to directly prepare 1,3-dihydric alcohol under the effect of an acid catalyst. The process is as follows: mixing formaldehyde, olefin and water with the catalyst; placing the mixture into a pressure vessel for sealing; stirring; and reacting for longer than 2 h at a reaction temperature higher than 80 DEG C. After the reaction, the catalyst is easily separated from the reaction system and can be reused for many times, and yield of 1,3-dihydric alcohol is up to 95%.

Methanol is produced as a storable and transportable carbon-based energy carrier using at least two different methods. To produce a first methanol portion, water is electrolyzed, preferably using energy from renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power, to produce hydrogen. The hydrogen is then reacted with carbon dioxide to produce the first methanol portion. To produce a second methanol portion, methane is reacted with oxygen. A controller can advantageously be used to control the amount of chemicals in each reaction.

The present invention is a method for oxyfunctionalizing, that is, introducing oxygen functionality to, a polyolefin such as polypropylene and poly(ethylene-alt-propylene). The polyolefin is contacted with an oxygen source such as a persulfate and catalytic amounts of a metal porphyrin complex under mild conditions to yield an oxyfunctionalized polymer that has a polydispersity that is very similar to that of the starting polymer.

A shaped, activated metal, fixed-bed catalyst with a pore volume of 0.05 to 1 ml / g and an outer activated layer consisting of a sintered, finely-divided, catalyst alloy and optionally promoters. The catalyst alloy has metallurgical phase domains, resulting from the method of preparation of the alloy, in which the largest phase by volume has a specific interface density of more than 0.5 mum-1.

Methanol is produced from bacterially oxidized waste methane by reaction with Pd+2, Cu+2 air, and molten phthalic anhydride in an entrained oxidizer generating half ester of methyl phthalate which is reaction distilled to prodtice methanol and recycle phthalic anliydride containing the Pd+2,Cu+2 phthalate catalyst.

An improved catalyst based on cobalt and / or rhodium dissolved in a non-aqueous ionic solvent which is liquid at a temperature of less than 90° C. More particularly, the catalyst comprises at least one complex of cobalt and / or rhodium co-ordinated with at least one nitrogen-containing ligand and the non-aqueous ionic solvent comprises at least one quaternary ammonium and / or phosphonium cation and at least one inorganic anion.

Gas phase hydrocarbons resulting from the operation of offshore petroleum wells are converted into corresponding liquid products which are mixed with liquid phased hydrocarbons resulting from operation of the offshore petroleum well for delivery therewith.

A method for alkyl oxygenate (e.g., methanol) manufacture via partial oxidation of alkane (methane) uses an injectively-mixed backmixing reaction chamber in fluid communication with a tubular-flow reactor. Alkyl free radicals are induced in the backmixing reaction chamber prior to being fed through a flow-restriction baffle to the tubular-flow reactor. Injective intermixing of feed streams agitates the backmixing reaction chamber. In one embodiment, a variable position flow restriction baffle is axially moved to commensurately modify the backmixing reaction chamber and tubular-flow reactor volumes. In another embodiment, the tubular-flow reactor is quenched with a variable position quenching input. The method further provides for condensing the output stream from the reaction system in a condensing scrubber and also for recycling a portion of the scrubbed output stream to the reactor system.

The invention discloses a combined production method for substituted benzaldehyde, substituted benzyl alcohol and substituted benzoic acid. The method comprises the following steps: (1) oxidation: a step of continuously introducing substituted toluene, a catalyst and oxygen-contained gas into an oxidation reactor and carrying out reaction so as to obtain oxidation reaction liquid; (2) hydrolyzation: a step of allowing the oxidation reaction liquid to continuously enter a hydrolysis reactor, and continuously adding water into the hydrolysis reactor and carrying out reaction so as to obtain a hydrolysis reaction mixture; (3) liquid-liquid layering: a step of layering the hydrolysis reaction mixture so as to obtain an oil phase and an aqueous phase; and (4) separation of products: a step of subjecting the oil phase to distillation so as to respectively obtain incompletely-reacted substituted toluene, substituted benzyl alcohol and substituted benzaldehyde, and subjecting the aqueous phase to cooling, crystallizing and filtering so as to obtain filtrate and substituted benzoic acid. The combined production method provided by the invention has the advantages of high raw material conversion rate, few by-products, good selectivity of target products, greenness and environmental protection.

The invention provides a catalyst for partial oxidation of hydrocarbon in the presence of a reducing compound, the catalyst comprising ultra-fine gold particles immobilized on a titanium-containing oxide, and a process for preparing an oxygen-containing organic compound, the process comprising the step of oxidizing hydrocarbon with oxygen in the presence of the above catalyst and a reducing compound.

The present invention provides a method for continuous flow synthesis of a phenol-based compound represented by a formula (III), wherein the method is performed in two static mixers, a tubular reactor and an oil-water separator, wherein the two static mixers, the tubular reactor and the oil-water separator are sequentially connected in series. The method comprises that an acid solution and an aniline compound represented by a formula (I) are pumped into the static mixer A; the mixture of the acid solution and the compound represented by the formula (I) flows out from the static mixer A and flows into the static mixer B connected to the static mixer A; a sodium nitrite solution is pumped into the static mixer B, and a reaction is performed to produce a diazonium salt solution represented by a formula (II); and the solution represented by the formula (II) flows out from the static mixer B, is pumped into the tubular reactor connected to the static mixer B, and then into the oil-water separator connected to the tubular reactor, and the water phase is separated to obtain the compound represented by the formula (III). According to the present invention, the method has characteristics of short reaction time, solvent saving and high yield, and can well solve the problems in the synthesis of the phenol-based compound through diazotization hydrolysis in the intermittent kettle type reactor. The formulas (I), (II) and (III) are defined in the specification.

A process for the hydrogenation, using molecular hydrogen (H2), of a catalytic system, wherein the catalytic system comprises a base and a complex of formula; (II) wherein Y represents simultaneously or independently a hydrogen or halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy, carboxyl or other anionic radical, and N2P2 is a tetradentate diimine-diphosphino ligand.

There is disclosed an electrochemical deblocking solution for use on an electrode microarray. There is further disclosed a method for electrochemical synthesis on an electrode array using the electrochemical deblocking solution. The solution and method are for removing acid-labile protecting groups for synthesis of oligonucleotides, peptides, small molecules, or polymers on a microarray of electrodes while substantially improving isolation of deblocking to active electrodes. The method comprises applying a voltage or a current to at least one electrode of an array of electrodes. The array of electrodes is covered by the electrochemical deblocking solution.

The present invention relates to the field of catalytic hydrogenation and, more particularly, to the use of Ru complexes with bidentate ligands, having one amino or imino coordinating group and one phosphino coordinating group, in hydrogenation processes for the reduction of esters or lactones into the corresponding alcohol or diol respectively.

The invention relates to a process for carrying out asymmetrical hydroxylamine amination reaction and dual hydroxide reaction, wherein synthesized high polymer tethered Cinchonideine alkaloid ligand is utilized for raising yield and selectivity for the reaction product, the catalyst can be used repeatedly. The process is especially suitable for the mass production of Taxol synthesis and its C13 side chains, the used synthesized high polymer tethered Cinchonideine alkaloid ligand has the structural formula as disclosed in the specification, wherein PEG is polyoxyethylene glycols, R=H or OCH3.

A process for the hydrogenation, using molecular hydrogen (H2) of a catalytic system, wherein the catalytic system includes a base and a complex of formula (II):Ru(P2N2)Y2  (II)wherein Y represent simultaneously or independently a hydrogen or halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy, carboxyl or other anionic radical, and P2N2 is a tetradentate diimino-diphosphine ligand.

The invention provides a method for preparing methanol and diol from cyclic carbonates and polycarbonates. The method comprises: in hydrogen atmosphere, in an organic solvent, and in the presence of a ruthenium complex (Ru(L)XYY') and an alkali, performing hydrogenation reduction reaction on a cyclic carbonate or a polycarbonate, so as to obtain methanol and diol, wherein all groups in the formula are defined in the specification. The invention also provides the ruthenium complex formed by ruthenium and a tridentate amino diphosphine ligand. The invention also provides a method for preparing deuterated methanol and deuterated diol by employing the above preparation method. The method provided by the invention is high in efficiency, high in selectivity, economic, environment-friendly, and simple for operation, can be performed under mild conditions, and has complete atom economy.

The invention relates to a novel nitrogen heterocycle ligand / phosphine ligand transition metal complex, and preparation and application thereof in asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation and hydrogen transfer. The complex has the following structural formula: [MLnL' XY], wherein the transition metal M is Ru, Rh, Ir, Pd, Pt, Co, Ni or Os. The complex also contains a nitrogen heterocycle ligand, two monophosphine ligands or one diphosphine ligand, and the like. The transition metal compound, dinitrogen or mononitrogen ligand and diphosphine or monophosphine ligand react at 0-120 DEG C in an organic solvent for 0.5-20 hours to obtain the complex. The complex is used for asymmetric catalytic transfer hydrogenation or asymmetric hydrogenation reaction, and especially for asymmetric catalytic hydrogenation reaction of ketones, esters, hypnones and derivatives thereof, diphenyl ketones and derivatives thereof, beta-N,N-dimethylamino-alpha hypnones and derivatives thereof and other ketone compounds of which the alpha site is a large steric hindrance alkyl group.

A crystalline titanosilicate catalyst which is usable as a catalyst in the oxidation reaction of a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond and at least one other functional group, a process for producing the catalyst, and a process for producing an oxidized compound by an oxidation reaction using the catalyst. It has been found that a crystalline titanosilicate having a structural code of MWW effectively functions as a catalyst in an oxidation reaction of a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond and at least one other functional group wherein the carbon-carbon double bond of the compound is oxidized by using a peroxide as an oxidizing agent, thereby to highly selectively provide an intended oxidized compound.

The catalysts of formula (II): [Ru(L)m(L')wXY], wherein X and Y represent simultaneously or independently a hydrogen or halogen atom, a hydroxy group, or an alkoxy, carboxyl or other anionic radical, m is 1 or 2, w is 1 when m is 1 and w is 0 when m is 2, L is a phosphino-amine or phosphino-imine bidentate ligand and L' a diphosphine, are useful for the hydrogenation of substrates having a carbon-hetero atom double bond.

The present invention provides a process, which includes: in a homogeneous liquid phase including water, and over a fixed-bed catalyst, continuously hydrogenating at least one hydroformylation product obtained from a hydroformylation of one or more C4-16 olefins to produce at least one output mixture; wherein the output mixture includes at least one corresponding alcohol and from 0.05 to 10% by weight of water; and wherein in a steady-state operation of the process, from 3 to 50% more hydrogen is fed to the hydrogenation than is consumed by the hydrogenation.

The invention provides a process for preparing higher alcohols and / or aldehydes and also mixtures thereof by catalytic reaction of ethanol, the reaction taking place in the presence of at least one catalyst, the catalyst comprising an activated-carbon substrate which is provided with at least one metal, and more particularly has at least one metal dope.

Disclosed is a hydrocarbon catalyzed selective oxidation method. Super hydrophobic nano-sized complex oxide material is used as catalyst to apply to a solvent-free hydrocarbon selective oxidation reaction. Due to the super hydrophobic property of the material, absorption of substrate and desorption of product are facilitated, and high conversion rate and selectivity of organic oxygen-contained compounds (alcohol, ketone, aldehyde, and (or) acid) are obtained simultaneously.