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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2021
Applicants:
Dow Global Technologies Llc, Midland, MI (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Inventors:
David W. Flaherty, Urbana, IL (US);
David G. Barton, Midland, MI (US);
Xue Chen, Manvel, TX (US);
Claudia Eugenia Berdugo-Diaz, Urbana, IL (US);
Jing Luo, Midland, MI (US);
Yangsik Yun, Champaign, IL (US);
Assignees:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland, MI (US);
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 41/01 (2006.01); B01J 21/04 (2006.01); B01J 23/63 (2006.01); B01J 23/648 (2006.01); B01J 23/652 (2006.01); B01J 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 41/01 (2013.01); B01J 21/04 (2013.01); B01J 23/63 (2013.01); B01J 23/6484 (2013.01); B01J 23/6527 (2013.01); B01J 37/0201 (2013.01); C07C 2523/42 (2013.01); C07C 2523/44 (2013.01); C07C 2523/648 (2013.01); C07C 2523/652 (2013.01); C07C 2523/755 (2013.01); C07C 2523/847 (2013.01); C07C 2523/888 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process for producing an ether including treating (a) an ester with (b) hydrogen in the presence of (c) a heterogeneous catalyst to reduce the ester by hydrogenation to form an ether product.