New Technologies from the Chemistry / Food Sector
Chemistry is our constant, invisible companion. New products and procedures from the areas of renewable raw materials, synthetic additives, active substances, petrochemicals, and food technology form the core area of the technologies managed by the Chemistry / Food competence team. With experienced experts from science, industry, and banking, interesting new technologies are being identified and analyzed and the existing technologies in the portfolio are being further developed and marketed.
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Diazonium salts as coupling reagents for active-substance synthesis
- Cost-effective one-pot reactions with diazonium salts in metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions
- The use of diazonium salts can both reduce the number of synthetic steps and considerably increase reaction yields
- Increased efficiency by avoiding protecting groups
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Flame retardants - New class of halogen-free compounds
- New halogen-free flame retardants with broad applicability
- Replacement of toxic bromine compounds possible
- Good solubility and high stability
- Cost-effective production through short synthetic routes
- Low rates of migration in polymers
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Impact Modifier - Polymer additive on basis of nano technology
- Nano structure from polyurethan
- Cost-effective production due to polymerisation in reactive diluents
- Increased transparency of the polymers
- Improved impact strength, scratch resistance as well as pull-out and shear strength
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Innovative preservative / disinfection agents
- Consists out of cost-effective compounds (benzoic acid, sorbic acid) with food grades
- Mode of action is based on compound activation of long-term stable micelles
- Areas of application are the disinfection of food packages, in the industrial cleaning sector and in hospitals
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New gypsum mixture - Improvement of the physical properties of gypsum
- The use of this new gypsum mixture considerably improves the bending tensile strengths of current gypsum
- Water absorption of plasterboard is reduced
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Organic semi-conductors - Efficient production of high-stability substances
- Cost-effective production of tetracene compounds for organic light-emitting diodes
- Soluble in organic solvents
- Ideal properties such as durability and conductivity since not prone to oxidation
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Oxidation of olefines - New procedure for higher valuable plastic precursors
- For the first time, butylene oxide and other longer-chain epoxides can also be produced on an industrial scale using this procedure in addition to ethylene oxide and propylene oxide
- The procedure is based on a highly efficient direct oxidation process using ozone
- Very high yields and selectivities have been achieved
- The procedure can be scaled up to large-scale industrial production
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Phosphanes - Efficient chiral catalysts
- Highly effective catalysis of chiral hydrogenations and C-C coupling reactions
- The new catalyst system enables very high enatiomeric excesses
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Phosphanes - Efficient procedure for coupling heterocycles
- The procedure enables economizing to be done in the production of numerous pharmaceuticals, since the number of synthetic steps can be reduced and higher yields are achieved
- Easy access and simple separation with high purity during the procedure
- Use of trialkylsilyl-substituted heterocycles with halogen-substituted aromatic compounds possible without catalyst system
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Pulp production from one-year biomass such as wheat straw, bagasse, etc.
- New and highly efficient chemical procedure for paper pulp manufacturing
- The procedure is a closed-cycle process, thus setting new standards in terms of efficiency and environmental compatibility
- The procedure can be used with straw, bagasse and other kinds of biomass
- By-products such as lignin can be cleanly separated and additionally marketed as high-quality products
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Raw sausage - Improvement of the ripening process and of cut resistance through folic acid
- By adding folic acid during the ripening process, the use of starter cultures is no longer necessary
- The ripening process is made considerably more efficient, since aroma and cut resistance are attained more quickly and mold formation is improved
- In addition to the financial advantages of the production process, folic acid also has health-promoting effects
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Sugar melting - New continuous process
- New process derived from fluid dynamics, which enables sugar melting at a very high qualitative level in a continuous process
- In the process, both carbonization and time-consuming cleaning can be avoided, thus contributing to cost-effective production
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The technologies presented here are part of a patent value fund that was created by a major German bank and an independent initiator. The patents are not the property of IPB AG. IPB AG advises the patent investment fund with regard to the selection of sustainable patents and provides support for further development and licensing.
