Michel Barraque

Title: Michel Barraque and His Patent in Chemical Processing.

Introduction

Michel Barraque is an inventor associated with Le Pecq, France, and Institut Français du Pétrole. His recorded patent concerns a process for producing oxygen-containing compounds, including ethers and acetals. He is credited with 1 patent.

Latest Patents

Barraque’s listed patent is titled “Process for Producing Oxygen-Containing Compounds Containing at Least One Oxygen Atom Bonded to Two Distinct Carbon Atoms Which Are Not Bonded Together and Not Including a Multiple Bond.” The process first hydroformylates an olefin containing four to seven carbon atoms to produce an aldehyde. It then hydrogenates the aldehyde into a corresponding alcohol and transforms at least one resulting alcohol, in the presence of a catalyst, into a mixture containing an ether or an acetal.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work on a sequence of catalytic chemical transformations, from olefin hydroformylation through aldehyde hydrogenation to the production of oxygen-containing compounds. Barraque’s listed organizational affiliation is Institut Français du Pétrole.

Collaborations

Alain Forestière and Jean-Ferdinand Gaillard are identified as Barraque’s coworkers.

Conclusion

Michel Barraque’s recorded invention focuses on a catalytic process for producing ethers or acetals from olefins through aldehyde and alcohol intermediates.