ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,669, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).
"PC NHC P metal complexes and uses thereof" was invented by Graham De Ruiter (Haifa, Israel) and Subhash Garhwal (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "PCNHCP pincer metal complexes are useful as catalysts in various chemical reactions such as hydrogen isotope exchange (HIE) in C(sp3)-H and/or C(sp2)-H bond of an organic compound, e.g., a pharmaceutically active compound. The complexes are also useful in hydroboration of alkynes with excellent selectivity; and alkene isomerization with high stereo- and regioselectivity."
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