US Patent Issued to ENTEGRIS on Nov. 4 for "Method of preparing iodosilanes and compositions therefrom" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,824, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ENTEGRIS INC. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Method of preparing iodosilanes and compositions therefrom" was invented by Scott A Laneman (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Thomas M. Cameron (Newtown, Conn.), Thomas H. Baum (New Fairfield, Conn.), David Kuiper (Brookfield, Conn.), David M. Ermert (Danbury, Conn.) and Johathan W. Dube (Bomanville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are complexes useful in the conversion of chloro- and bromo-silanes to highly desired iodosilanes such as H2SiI2 and HSiI3, via a halide exchange reaction. The species which mediates this reaction is an iodide reactant comprising a...