MUMBAI, India, Jan. 9 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511117786 A) filed by Malaviya National Institute Of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, on Nov. 27, 2025, for 'method for iron and water promoted reduction of alkynes to alkenes.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Raj Kumar Joshi; Manisha; and Lalit Negi.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 9, under issue no. 02/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an economical and sustainable methodology for the partial transfer hydrogenation of internal acetylenes to selectively produce E-alkenes. The reaction is catalyzed efficiently under aerobic conditions using iron catalyst, provi...