Catalysts and processes for their preparation

US7572750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG · AU

Inventors

• Jun Chen · Lake Bluff, US
• Gerhard Frederick Swiegers · Wollongong, AU
• Chee O. Too · Wollongong, AU
• Gordon Wallace · Wollongong, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 11, 2003
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2009
• Expiry date: Feb 11, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E60/50
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A hybrid homogeneous-heterogeneous catalyst containing catalytic groups, wherein the catalytic activity of the catalyst is largely provided as a result of the interaction of catalytic groups in a suitable proximity and disposition to other catalytic groups, the proximity and disposition resulting from statistical considerations, wherein an example of such catalyst is a polypyrrole-ferrocene monosulfate represented by Formula IV.