US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL on Sept. 1 for "Reagents and methods for aliphatic carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,112, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Reagents and methods for aliphatic carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization" was invented by Erik Alexanian (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Jill Alty (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Timothy Fazekas (Chapel Hill, N.C.) and Frank Leibfarth (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject matter contained herein relates generally to methods and compounds that facilitate aliphatic carbon-hydrogen bond functionalization by group transfer via a nitrogen-centered radical in the presence of a trap, and the functionalized compounds prepared ther...