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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Applicants:
LI Jiang, Newton, MA (US);
Timothy Jones, Cottenham, GB;
Fenglou Zou, Edmonton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 5/03 (2006.01); C07C 5/05 (2006.01); C07C 5/02 (2006.01); C07C 209/00 (2006.01); C07C 51/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Catalytic hydrogenation of a double bond, notably a C═C or C═N double bond, is carried out using a homogenous catalyst which is a complex of rhodium or other transition metal containing at least one ligand which is a nitrogenous organic base. Preferably the complex is phosphorus-free and the ligand is a bicyclic base having formula where Rand Rare hydrocarbon chains. Rpreferably is a saturated chain of two carbon atoms and Rpreferably is a saturated chain of three to five carbon atoms.