US Patent Issued to LAXMI ORGANIC INDUSTRIES on Nov. 11 for "Process for synthesis of high purity 1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylethanone oxime" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,787, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LAXMI ORGANIC INDUSTRIES LTD (Mumbai, India).

"Process for synthesis of high purity 1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylethanone oxime" was invented by Ravi Goenka (Mumbai, India) and Ajay A Audi (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparation of 3-Trifluoromethyl acetophenone oxime of formula I includes reacting an isomeric mixture of halo benzotrifluoride with Mg metal in an organic solvent in presence of a catalyst to obtain a Grignard complex. The Grignard complex is reacted with a ketene in hydrocarbon solvent in presence of transition metal ligand-acid complex to obtain an...