ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,885, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany).

"Chiral synthons for the synthesis of chiral phosphorothioates" was invented by Yongda Zhang (Sandyhook, Conn.) and Linglin Wu (Brookfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) useful as synthons for a general synthetic method for making chiral phosphorothioates, to their preparation and to their use in a robust large scale process for making P-chiral phosphorothioates."

The patent was filed on March 16, 2022, under Application No. 18/281,047.

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