MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617086307 A) filed by Basf Se on July 14, 2026, for Bismuth-Containing Catalyst With Heteroatoms-Bearing Dicarboxylate Ligand.

Inventors include Levent, Emre; Deglmann, Peter; Thuery, Peter; Klee, Vanessa; and Spatz, Simon.

The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bismuth-containing catalyst of formula (R1)2-(R2)-(Bi)3+ (I), wherein (R1)2- is a dianion of formula (II*), wherein A is unsubstituted or at least monosubstituted linear C3-30-alkylene, wherein at least two not adjacent CH2 groups of C3-30-alkylene are replaced by a heteroatom independently...