MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541041083 A) filed by Indian Institute Of Technology Tirupati on April 29, 2025, for Method For Preparing Hindered And Complex Ethers.

Inventors include Dr Someswara Rao Sanapala; and Sumit Pareek.

The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT The present invention provides an efficient and general method for the reductive etherification of carbonyl compounds with alcohols using chlorodimethylsilane (CDMS) in the presence of a commercially available thiourea organocatalyst. This method enables the selective formation of ether bonds across a wide range of alcohols, including primary, s...