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Selective C-H Fluorination of Organic Compounds Using an Earth-abundant Visible Light Photocatalyst

Princeton Docket # 15-3146-1Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University have developed a new C-H fluorination method that uses uranium as a visible light photocatalyst. The fluorination of unactivated Csp3–H bonds remains a desirable, challenging transformation for pharmaceutical, agricultural, and materials scientists....
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Erik Sorensen, Julian West
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Category(s): Chemistry

Process for Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of Alkanes Through Dual Catalysis

Dual Base Metal Catalysis for Alkene and Hydrogen Production via Acceptorless and Selective Dehydrogenation of Alkanes Princeton Docket # 15-3117 Researchers in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University have developed a new catalyst combination, comprising of a tungsten-based polyoxometalate and cobaloxime, in order to dehydrogenate alkanes...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Erik Sorensen, Julian West
Keywords(s): catalyst, Chemistry, organic synthesis, petrochemical, research tool
Category(s): Chemistry

New Antimicrobial and Antitubercular Pleuromutilin like Compounds

Princeton University Invention # 10-2570 Researchers in the Department of Chemistry, Princeton University have developed a concise and efficient way to create an expanded set of compounds with features of pleuromutilin. This pathway for synthesis is capable of giving access to compounds that could never be constructed from the natural product...
Published: 3/30/2022   |   Inventor(s): Erik Sorensen, Stephen Lotesta, Junjia Liu, Emma Yates, Maurice Marsini
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Category(s): Chemistry, Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals