Hydrogenation catalysts

US7504353B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UCB PHARMA S.A. · BE

Inventors

• Pierre Jacobs · Gooik, BE
• Francois Collignon · Beauvechain, BE
• Emmanuel Van Vaerenbergh · Oudenaarde, BE
• John Surtees · Jezus-Eik, BE
• Anne-Catherine Burteau · Grand-Leez, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2004
• Grant date: Mar 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2531/822
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A catalyst comprising a chiral transition metal-(1,2-bis(2,5-dialkylphospholano) complex immobilized on a specific zeolitic support useful for the hydrogenation of prochiral substrates.