Stephen C Winans from 50 Cedar Dr, Hurricane, WV 25526, age 83, Phone: 3047573008

Rhodium Catalyst Regeneration By Thermal Treatment
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US Patent:

42242355, Sep 23, 1980
Filed:

Dec 11, 1978
Appl. No.:

5/968371
Inventors:

Robert W. Beisner - Charleston WV
Stephen C. Winans - South Charleston WV
Assignee:

Union Carbide Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:

C07C 2706
B01J 3140
B01J 2396
US Classification:

260449L
Abstract:

This invention relates to the continuous production of alkane polyols by the reaction of hydrogen and oxides of carbon in a homogeneous liquid phase mixture containing a rhodium carbonyl complex catalyst wherein the improvement comprises periodically lowering the temperature of the liquid phase mixture and thereafter raising it to about its former value.

Rhodium Catalyst Regeneration By Carbon Monoxide Treatment
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US Patent:

42255309, Sep 30, 1980
Filed:

Dec 11, 1978
Appl. No.:

5/968400
Inventors:

Robert W. Beisner - Charleston WV
Stephen C. Winans - South Charleston WV
Assignee:

Union Carbide Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:

C07C 2706
B01J 3140
B01J 2396
US Classification:

260449L
Abstract:

This invention relates to the continuous production of alkane polyols by the reaction of hydrogen and CO in a homogeneous liquid phase mixture containing a rhodium carbonyl complex catalyst, the mole ratio of H. sub. 2 /CO in the reactant gas being above about 0. 1, wherein the improvement comprises periodically lowering the H. sub. 2 /CO mole ratio in the reactant gas to about 0. 1 or less and thereafter increasing the H. sub. 2 /CO mole ratio to about its former value.

Hydroformylation Of Ethylene With Higher Olefins
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US Patent:

42621429, Apr 14, 1981
Filed:

Dec 28, 1979
Appl. No.:

6/108282
Inventors:

Paul D. Sherman - South Charleston WV
Stephen C. Winans - Kingsland GA
Dennis G. Morrell - Audubon PA
Assignee:

Union Carbide Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:

C07C 4550
US Classification:

568454
Abstract:

In a rhodium-catalyzed hydroformylation process employing olefin reactants having from 3 to 20 carbon atoms to produce products rich in normal aldehydes, the efficiency of the catalyst in producing such products is substantially uneffected and propionaldehyde is also produced by employing ethylene as a coreactant along with the olefin.