US Patent Issued to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ATHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA on Oct. 28 for "Synthesis of deuterated aldehydes" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,502, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF ATHE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Synthesis of deuterated aldehydes" was invented by Wei Wang (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods for preparing a deuterated aldehyde using N-heterocyclic carbene catalysts in a solvent comprising D2O. The methods may be used to convert a wide variety of aldehydes (e.g., aryl, alkyl, or alkenyl aldehydes) to C-1 deuterated aldehydes under mild reaction conditions without functionality manipulation."

The patent was filed on Aug. 12, 2020, under Application No. 17/639,750.

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