ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,525, issued on May 6, was assigned to FMC Corp. (Philadelphia).
"Process for synthesis of a 2-(5-isoxazolyl)-phenol" was invented by Junbae Hong (Newark, Del.) and Joerg Bruening (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a compound of Formula (1) and compounds therefrom, comprising treating a compound of Formula (2) to provide a compound of Formula (5) and treating the compound of Formula (5) with a hydroxylamine salt wherein R1, R2 and m are as defined in the specification. The compound of Formula (1), prepared by the above method, can be used to prepare a compound of Formula (8) wherein R1, R2, R3 and ...