MUMBAI, India, Oct. 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202511028884 A) filed by Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research, An Indian Registered Body Incorporated Under The Regn. Of Soc. Act Act Xxi Of on March 26, 2025, for Transition Metal Catalyst Free Catechol Oxidation To Quinone Via Photo-Catalysis.
Inventors include Keshav Raghuvanshi; Souvik Barman; and Pradip Kumar Banerjee.
The application for the patent was published on October 16, 2026, under issue no. 42/2026.
Abstract: Transition metal complexes as catalysts and, occasionally, basic pH as a reaction condition were employed to imitate the catecholase activity. Using base as a catalyst, under photo-mediated condition the catalytic aerobic...