OXIDATION CATALYSTS
Description:
Researchers at
Princeton University have synthesized a new family of robust inorganic catalysts
suitable for industrially important oxidation reactions including
electrochemical and photochemical conversion of water to hydrogen peroxide and
oxygen, and the oxidation of chloride to chlorine. Previously, there were no
commercially viable catalysts for the oxidation of water. The catalysts possess
a cubical shaped Mn4O4 core that is isolable in multiple oxida tion states and
stabilized by unique ligands that bridge across the six faces of the cube. One
form of the catalyst employs novel bridging ligands which permit selective
access by organic and inorganic substrates thereby controlling product
selectivity in oxidation, dehydrogenation and oxygenation reactions. Princeton
is currently seeking industrial collaborators to commercialize this
technology.
Patent protection is
pending.
For more information
please
contact: William
H. Gowen
Office of Patents and
Licensing
Princeton University
5
New South Building
Princeton, NJ 08544-0036
(609) 258-6762
(609) 258-1159 fax
wgowen@princeton.edu
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