US Patent Issued to Umicore on Jan. 13 for "Ylide-functionalised phosphanes for use in metal complexes and homogeneous catalysis" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,704, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Umicore AG & Co. KG (Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany).

"Ylide-functionalised phosphanes for use in metal complexes and homogeneous catalysis" was invented by Viktoria Daschlein-Gessner (Bochum, Germany) and Thorsten Scherpf (Bochum, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to ylide-functionalized phosphane ligands, the production of same and use in transition metal compounds, as well as the use of same as catalysts in organic reactions."

The patent was filed on Dec. 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/545,062.

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