US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Oct. 14 for "Electrochemical dehydrogenation, epoxidation, substitution, and halogenation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,091, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Electrochemical dehydrogenation, epoxidation, substitution, and halogenation of hydrocarbons and hydrocarbon derivatives" was invented by Marcel Schreier (Madison, Wis.) and Christine E. Lucky (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making alkenes and/or epoxides from alkanes and hydroxy-alkanes, respectively. In a reactor having an anode and a cathode separated by an ion exchange membrane, and containing a solution comprising water, halogen ions, and an alkane and/or a hydroxy-alkane, apply a potential across the anode an...