US Patent Issued to THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE on Aug. 19 for "Sulfur (VI) fluoride compounds and methods for the preparation thereof" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,424, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to THE SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (La Jolla, Calif.).

"Sulfur (VI) fluoride compounds and methods for the preparation thereof" was invented by Jiajia Dong (Shanghai), K. Barry Sharpless (La Jolla, Calif.), Jeffery W. Kelly (La Jolla, Calif.), Aleksandra Baranczak (Gurnee, Ill.) and Wentao Chen (Walnut Creek, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application describes modified amino acids and polypeptides comprising a SO2F or CH2CH2SO2F group bound to the side chain of an amino acid or amino acid residue of a polypeptide in place of a hydrogen of a hydroxyl or amino substituent thereof. Method...