US Patent Issued to Washington State University on June 23 for "Aliphatic amine and nitrile synthesis through catalytic CO hydrogenation in the presence of ammonia" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,444, issued on June 23, was assigned to Washington State University (Pullman, Wash.).

"Aliphatic amine and nitrile synthesis through catalytic CO hydrogenation in the presence of ammonia" was invented by Norbert Kruse (Pullman, Wash.), Hafsa Karroum (Pullman, Wash.) and Viacheslav Iablokov (Pullman, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for manufacturing aliphatic amines and nitriles by using the Fischer Tropsch synthesis (FTS), in the production of chain-lengthened hydrocarbons from CO and H2 and their terminal nitrogen functionalization using ammonia. The method can include activating a catalyst with a feed gas, wherein th...