Method for the production of chemical and pharmaceutical products with integrated multicolumn chromatography

US7615159B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER TECHNOLOGY SERVICES GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Jochen Strube · Hagen, DE
• Karsten-Ulrich Klatt · Leverkusen, DE
• Gerhard Noeth
• Joern Greifenberg · Bensberg, DE
• Sebastian Bocker · Leverkusen, DE
• Heinz Kansy
• Peter Jahn · Leverkusen, DE
• Berthold Justen · Burscheid, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2005
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2009
• Expiry date: Jul 14, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/7062
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a chromatographic process for substance separation in the context of the preparation of chemicals such as, for example, chiral pharmaceuticals, isomers or biomolecules on the small-scale and production scale, based on Simulated Moving Bed (SMB=countercurrent chromatography) technology.