US Patent Issued to INV Nylon Chemicals Americas on Aug. 4 for "Bidentate phosphite ligands, catalytic compositions containing such ligands, and catalytic processes utilizing such catalytic compositions" (Texas, Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,299, issued on Aug. 4, 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 process for the hydrocyanation of an organic compound containing at least one olefinic group comprising reacting the organic compound with hydrogen cyanide in the presence of a catalyst complex comprising a bidentate phosphite ligand having one of the following structures: (I) and...