US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on May 27 for "Methods and compositions for terpenoid tricycloalkane synthesis" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,314, issued on May 27, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation INC. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Methods and compositions for terpenoid tricycloalkane synthesis" was invented by Alexander James Grenning (Gainesville, Fla.) and Sarah Scott (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to methods for preparation of intermediates useful for the preparation of terpenoid cores. In a further aspect, the disclosed methods pertain to the preparation of compounds comprising a terpenoid core or scaffold, such as 6/7/5 tricycloalkanes. The disclosed methods utilize abundant starting materials...