ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,320, issued on May 27, was assigned to HANGZHOU DIKE TECHNOLOGIES Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).
"Method for synthesizing n-substituted phenyl-5-hydroxymethyl-2-oxazolidinone" was invented by Dihu Yu (Hangzhou, China), Quan Wang (Hangzhou, China), Lei Bao (Hangzhou, China) and Dapeng Hou (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure discloses a method for synthesizing N-substituted phenyl-5-hydroxymethyl-2-oxazolidinone, wherein the method comprises: reacting from raw materials, 3-R2-4-R1-aniline and epichlorohydrin, and allowing the resulting product to react under alkaline conditions in a CO2 atmosphere to obtain N-su...