Paul James Ellis

US Patent:

53959884, Mar 7, 1995

Filed:

Apr 4, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/223090

Inventors:

Manoj V. Bhinde - Boothwyn PA
James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA
Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA

Assignee:

Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C07C 2900
C07C 3112
C07C 3514
C07C 3322

US Classification:

568835

Abstract:

Organic hydroperoxides are decomposed by drying a reaction mixture containing the organic hydroperoxide and an organic solvent and contacting the dried reaction mixture with a metal organic ligand catalyst under hydroperoxide decomposition conditions. An organic co-solvent for the hydroperoxide may also be used.

US Patent:

48956821, Jan 23, 1990

Filed:

Jan 2, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/000246

Inventors:

Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA
James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA
Harry K. Myers - Cochranville PA

Assignee:

Sun Refining and Marketing Copany - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C07C 6700
C07C 2712
C07C 4532

US Classification:

2604109R

Abstract:

Hydrocarbons, and particularly lower molecular weight alkanes and cycloalkanes, may readily be oxidixed with air or O. sub. 2 to form such products as alcohols, ketones, and the like selectively in high yields when there is employed as the catalyst a highly active azide-activated metal coordination complex having the structure ##STR1## where M is a transition metal; " " is a ligand; and X is azide. The invention is also directed to certain novel azide-activated metal coordination complex catalysts per se.

US Patent:

54897165, Feb 6, 1996

Filed:

Sep 7, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/303105

Inventors:

Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA
James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA

Assignee:

Sun Company, Inc. (R&M) - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C07C 2950
C07C 3112

US Classification:

568910

Abstract:

The invention provides novel methods for the oxidation of hydrocarbons with oxygen-containing gas to form hydroxy-group containing compounds and for the decomposition of hydroperoxides to form hydroxygroup containing compounds. The catalysts used in the methods of the invention comprise transition metal complexes of a porphyrin ring having 1 to 12 halogen substituents on the porphyrin ring, at least one of said halogens being in a meso position and/or the catalyst containing no aryl group in a meso position. The catalyst compositions are prepared by halogenating a transition metal complex of a porphyrin. In one embodiment, a complex of a porphyrin with a metal whose porphyrin complexes are not active for oxidation of alkanes is halogenated, thereby to obtain a haloporphyrin complex of that metal, the metal is removed from the haloporphyrin complex to obtain the free base form of the haloporphyrin, and a metal such as iron whose porphyrin complexes are active for oxidation of alkanes and for the decomposition of alkyl hydroperoxides is complexed with the free base to obtain an active catalyst for oxidation of alkanes and decomposition of alkyl hydroperoxides.

US Patent:

48597988, Aug 22, 1989

Filed:

Jun 24, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/211008

Inventors:

James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA
Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA
Harry K. Myers - Cochranville PA
George Suld - Springfield PA
Wayne A. Langdale - Milmont Park PA

Assignee:

Sun Refining and Marketing Company - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C07G 2712

US Classification:

568399

Abstract:

Alkanes are oxidized in the liquid phase at relatively low temperatures using heteropolyacids or polyoxoanions promoted with azide or certain metals. Such azide catalysts are also part of the invention.

US Patent:

46134115, Sep 23, 1986

Filed:

Dec 2, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/803199

Inventors:

Chao-Yang Hsu - Media PA
Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA

Assignee:

Sun Refining and Marketing Company - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

B01D 336
C07C 4158

US Classification:

203 67

Abstract:

Diethoxymethane (ethylal), prepared by reacting formaldehyde with ethanol, may be recovered from the product mixture in substantially pure form by first distilling off an azeotrope comprising ethanol and diethoxymethane, adding a selected solvent to the azeotrope which will form an azeotrope with the ethanol, distilling off said latter azeotrope and recovering the substantially pure diethoxymethane.

US Patent:

45515590, Nov 5, 1985

Filed:

May 9, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/732314

Inventors:

Chao-Yang Hsu - Media PA
Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA

Assignee:

Sun Refining and Marketing Company - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

C07C 4550

US Classification:

568454

Abstract:

Olefins are hydroformylated with syngas in the presence of a novel organo metallic complex catalyst to form the corresponding aldehydes at high reaction rates and improved selectivity of linear aldehydes over branched aldehydes. The novel catalyst comprises an organo metallic complex formed from a mixture of: (1) platinum (II) acetylacetonate; (2) a Group IVB metal halide; and (3) a bidentate tertiary ligand of the formula ##STR1## wherein Q is arsenic, antimony, or phosphorus; and R. sub. 1, R. sub. 2, R. sub. 3 and R. sub. 4 are alkyl, alkoxyl, aryl, or aryloxyl groups, and may be the same or different.

US Patent:

49161016, Apr 10, 1990

Filed:

Dec 5, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/279903

Inventors:

James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA
Paul E. Ellis - Downingtown PA
Wayne A. Langdale - Milmont Park PA
Harry K. Myers - Cochranville PA

Assignee:

Sun Refining and Marketing Company - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

B01J 2718
B01J 27182
B01J 27185
B01J 27188

US Classification:

502209

Abstract:

Polyoxoanions are converted to the corresponding heteropolyacids by conversion to their tetrabutylammonium salt followed by pyrolysis.

US Patent:

60604190, May 9, 2000

Filed:

Aug 14, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/135409

Inventors:

Tilak P. Wijesekera - Glens Mills PA
James E. Lyons - Wallingford PA
Paul E. Ellis - Malvern PA

Assignee:

Sunoco, Inc. (R&M) - Philadelphia PA
Rohm and Haas Company - Philadelphia PA

International Classification:

B01J 2714
B01J 2300
B01J 2340
B01J 2372
B01J 2316

US Classification:

502208

Abstract:

Alkanes are converted to unsaturated carboxylic acids by contacting an alkane with an oxidizing agent and a Wells-Dawson type heteropolyacid supported on wide pore polyoxometallate salts.