PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15882145
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["525", "338000"]

Abstract:
Catalyst compositions based on Ruthenium- or Osmium-based complex catalysts and specific co-catalysts are provided for selectively hydrogenating nitrile rubbers in the presence of such catalyst compositions.

Claim (Index 9):
The process for hydrogenating nitrile rubber according to  claim 1 , wherein the complex catalyst is selected from the group consisting of\n (i) catalysts of general formula (A), where\n M is osmium or ruthenium, \n X 1  and X 2  are identical or different and are two ligands, \n L are identical or different ligands, \n R are identical or different and are each hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, carboxylate, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulphonyl, or alkylsulphinyl, where these groups may in each case optionally be substituted by one or more alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl moities or, as an alternative, the two groups R together with the common carbon atom to which they are bound are bridged to form a cyclic structure which can be aliphatic or aromatic in nature, may be substituted and may contain one or more heteroatoms, \n (ii) catalysts of general formula (A1), where\n X 1 , X 2  and L can have the same meanings as in the general formula (A), \n n is 0, 1 or 2, \n m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 and \n R\u2032 are identical or different and are alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulphonyl or alkylsulphinyl radicals which may in each case be substituted by one or more alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, \n (iii) catalysts of general formula (B), where\n M is ruthenium or osmium, \n X 1  and X 2  are identical or different and are anionic ligands, \n R\u2033 are identical or different and are organic moieties, \n Im is a substituted or unsubstituted imidazoline or imidazolidine ligand, and \n An is an anion, \n (iv) catalysts of general formula (C) where\n M is ruthenium or osmium, \n R 13  and R 14  are each, independently of one another, hydrogen, C 1 -C 20 -alkyl, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyl, C 2 -C 20 -alkynyl, C 6 -C 24 -aryl, C 1 -C 20 -carboxylate, C 1 -C 20 -alkoxy, C 2 -C 20 -alkenyloxy, C 2 -C 20 -alkynyloxy, C 6 -C 24 -aryloxy, C 2 -C 20 -alkoxycarbonyl, C 1 -C 20 -alkylthio, C 1 -C 20 -alkylsulphonyl or C 1 -C 20 -alkylsulphinyl, \n X 3  is an anionic ligand, \n L 2  is an uncharged A-bonded ligand which may either be monocyclic or polycyclic, \n L 3  is a ligand selected from the group consisting of phosphines, sulphonated phosphines, fluorinated phosphines, functionalized phosphines having up to three aminoalkyl, ammonioalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonylalkyl, hydrocarbonylalkyl, hydroxyalkyl or ketoalkyl groups, phosphites, phosphinites, phosphonites, phosphinamines, arsines stibines, ethers, amines, amides, imines, sulphoxides, thioethers and pyridines, \n Y \u2212  is a noncoordinating anion, and \n n is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, \n (v) catalysts of general formula (D), where\n M is ruthenium or osmium, \n X 1  and X 2  are identical or different and are anionic ligands which can have all meanings of X 1  and X 2  mentioned in the general formulae (A) and (B), \n L represent identical or different ligands which can have all meanings of L mentioned in the general formulae (A) and (B), and \n R 19  and R 20  are identical or different and are each hydrogen or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, \n (vi) catalysts of general formula (E), (F) or (G), where\n M is osmium or ruthenium, \n X 1  and X 2  are identical or different and are two ligands, \n L is a ligand, \n Z 1  and Z 3  are identical or different and are uncharged electron donors, and \n R 21  and R 22  are each, independently of one another, hydrogen alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, carboxylate, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, alkylsulphonyl or alkylsulphinyl which are in each case substituted by one or more substituents selected from among alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl, \n (vii) catalysts (N) comprising the general structural element (N1), where the carbon atom denoted by \u201c*\u201d is bound via one or more double bonds to the catalyst having a ruthenium or osmium central metal, where\n R 25 -R 32  are identical or different and are each hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, aldehyde, keto, thiol, CF 3 , nitro, nitroso, cyano, thiocyano, isocyanato, carbodiimide, carbamate, thiocarbamate, dithiocarbamate, amino, amido, imino, silyl, sulphonate (\u2014SO 3 \u2212 , \u2014OSO 3 \u2212 , \u2014PO 3 \u2212  or OPO 3 \u2212  or alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, carboxylate, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, aryloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamino, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylsulphonyl, alkylsulphinyl, dialkylamino, alkylsilyl or alkoxysilyl, where all these moieties can each optionally be substituted by one or more alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, aryl or heteroaryl substituents, or, as an alternative, two directly adjacent substituents from the group consisting of R 25 -R 32  together with the ring carbons to which they are bound form a cyclic group, by bridging or, as an alternative, R 8  is optionally bridged to another ligand of the ruthenium- or osmium-carbene complex catalyst, \n m is 0 or 1, and \n A is oxygen, sulphur, C(R 33 R 34 ), N\u2014R 35 , \u2014C(R 36 )\u2550C(R 37 )\u2014, \u2014C(R 36 )(R 38 )\u2014C(R 37 )(R 39 )\u2014, where R 33 -R 39  are identical or different and can each have the same meanings as R 25 -R 32 , and \n (viii) catalysts of general formulae (N2a) or (N2b), where\n M is ruthenium or osmium, \n X 1  and X 2  are identical or different and are two ligands, \n L 1  and L 3  are identical or different ligands, where L 2  can alternatively also be bridged to the radical R 8 , \n n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, \n n\u2032 is 1 or 2, and \n R 25 -R 32 , m and A have the same meanings as given in general formula (N1).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.03846
- Patent Class: 525.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15867347', '14352077', '14348912', '12193816', '14793986']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8336482488831878
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5563066123767826
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8059140852325473
- Mean Citation Score: 463.3670599999999
- Max Citation Score: 475.19525
- Similarity Product: 418.5401976501345

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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