US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on June 16 for "Selective photocatalytic reduction of alkynes to alkenes powered by a cobalt-porphyrin metal-organic frameworks" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,078, issued on June 16, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Selective photocatalytic reduction of alkynes to alkenes powered by a cobalt-porphyrin metal-organic frameworks" was invented by Aaron Edward Stone (Evanston, Ill.), Francesca Arcudi (Evanston, Ill.), Luka Dordevic (Evanston, Ill.), Emily Allyn Weiss (Evanston, Ill.), Joseph T. Hupp (Northfield, Ill.) and Samuel Isaac Stupp (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for the photocatalytic reduction of alkynes to alkenes with high conversion yields and selectivities using a heterogeneous system that incorporates a cobalt-porphyrin into a met...