US Patent Issued to Endura on Oct. 6 for "Process for the preparation of 3,4-methylenedioxypropiophenone" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,160, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Endura S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).

"Process for the preparation of 3,4-methylenedioxypropiophenone" was invented by Carlo Lucarelli (Bologna, Italy), Tommaso Tabanelli (Cotignola, Italy), Angelo Vaccari (Bologna, Italy), Martina Eberle (Piovene Rocchette, Italy), Carla Marchioro (Villafranca di Verona, Italy), Matteo Campanati (Bologna, Italy), Stefano Billi (Faenza, Italy), Alberto Guerrini (Ravenna, Italy) and Nicola Schiaroli (Senigallia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-1-propanone comprising the step of react...