US Patent Issued to INV Nylon Chemicals Americas on April 14 for "Bidentate phosphite ligands, catalytic compositions containing such ligands, and catalytic processes utilizing such catalytic compositions" (Texas, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,737, issued on April 14, was assigned to INV Nylon Chemicals Americas LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Bidentate phosphite ligands, catalytic compositions containing such ligands, and catalytic processes utilizing such catalytic compositions" was invented by Benjamin David Herzog (Wichita, Kan.) and William J. Tenn III (Beaumont, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bidentate phosphite ligand comprises a backbone having a structure of acenaphthene-1,2-diol in which the hydrogen atoms of the hydroxyl groups have each been replaced by a P(OR1)2 group, where R1 is an aryl radical. When combined with a transition metal, such as nickel, the li...