Preparation of cerium halide solvate complexes

US8501484B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC · US

Inventors

• Kalyan Vasudevan · Cambridge, US
• Nickolaus A. Smith · Los Alamos, US
• John C. Gordon · White Rock, US
• Edward A. McKigney · Los Alamos, US
• Ross E. Muenchausen · Española, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 14, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/54
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide solvate complex resulted from a process of forming a paste of a cerium(III) halide in an ionic liquid, adding a solvent to the paste, removing any undissolved solid, and then cooling the liquid phase. Diffusing a solvent vapor into the liquid phase also resulted in crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide complex.