Compositions and methods of promoting organic photocatalysis

US10975171B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate · US
• COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION · US

Inventors

• Garret Miyake · Fort Collins, US
• Jordan Corinne Theriot · Denver, US
• Matthew D. Ryan · Longmont, US
• Ryan Pearson · Berkeley, US
• Tracy Allen French · Fircrest, US
• Haishen Yang · Shanghai, CN
• Andrew Lockwood · Carmel Valley, US
• Charles Musgrave · Boulder, US
• Chern-Hooi Lim · Boulder, US
• Ya Du · Shanghai, CN
• Blaine McCarthy · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 23, 2018
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2021
• Expiry date: May 3, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F2438/01
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides novel compounds and methods that are useful in promoting reactions that proceed through an oxidative quenching pathway. In certain embodiments, the reactions comprise atom transfer radical polymerization.