Methods for preparing formaldehyde from carbon dioxide

US11111199B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · US

Inventors

• Gerard Parkin · New York, US
• Zack Strater · New York, US
• Michael Rauch · Short Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2020
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C47/04
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present disclosure provides, inter alia, methods for preparing formaldehyde from carbon dioxide using bis(silyl)acetals, methods for incorporating carbon derived from carbon dioxide into a complex organic molecule derived from formaldehyde using bis(silyl)acetals, and methods for generating an isotopologue of a complex organic molecule derived from formaldehyde using bis(silyl)acetals.