Patents by Inventor Richard R. Schrock

Richard R. Schrock has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11020730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions, and methods for preparing alkenyl halides and/or haloalkyl-substituted olefins with Z-selectivity. The methods are particularly useful for preparing alkenyl fluorides such as CF3-substituted olefins by means of cross-metathesis reactions using halogen-containing molybdenum and tungsten complexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Ming Joo Koh, Thach T. Nguyen, Richard R. Schrock, Jakub Hyvl
  • Patent number: 10569261
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising metal complexes, and related methods. In some embodiments, metal complexes of the invention may be useful as catalysts for chemical reactions, including metathesis reactions, wherein the catalysts exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity. In some embodiments, the invention may advantageously provide metal complexes comprising a stereogenic metal atom. Such metal complexes may be useful in enantioselective catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Steven J. Malcolmson, Amir H. Hoveyda, Simon J. Meek, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20190314799
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compounds, compositions, and methods for preparing alkenyl halides and/or haloalkyl-substituted olefins with Z-selectivity. The methods are particularly useful for preparing alkenyl fluorides such as CF3-substituted olefins by means of cross-metathesis reactions using halogen-containing molybdenum and tungsten complexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Ming Joo Koh, Thach T. Nguyen, Richard R. Schrock, Jakub Hyvl
  • Patent number: 10173208
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Publication number: 20170333887
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising metal complexes, and related methods. In some embodiments, metal complexes of the invention may be useful as catalysts for chemical reactions, including metathesis reactions, wherein the catalysts exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity. In some embodiments, the invention may advantageously provide metal complexes comprising a stereogenic metal atom. Such metal complexes may be useful in enantioselective catalysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Steven J. Malcolmson, Amir H. Hoveyda, Simon J. Meek, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 9771386
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Miao Yu, Chenbo Wang, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 9713808
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Patent number: 9687834
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising metal complexes, and related methods. In some embodiments, metal complexes of the invention may be useful as catalysts for chemical reactions, including metathesis reactions, wherein the catalysts exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity. In some embodiments, the invention may advantageously provide metal complexes comprising a stereogenic metal atom. Such metal complexes may be useful in enantioselective catalysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Steven J. Malcolmson, Amir H. Hoveyda, Simon J. Meek, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20170129910
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Miao Yu, Chenbo Wang, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20170113984
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Patent number: 9446394
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Miao Yu, Chenbo Wang, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 9242240
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Adam S. Hock, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20160008802
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Publication number: 20150246348
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Miao Yu, Chenbo Wang, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 9079173
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustee of Boston College
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda
  • Patent number: 9073801
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to olefin metathesis. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for Z-selective ring-closing metathesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Miao Yu, Chenbo Wang, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20150065723
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Adam S. Hock, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 8829219
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Adam S. Hock, Richard R. Schrock
  • Patent number: 8598400
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods for performing metathesis reactions, including cross-metathesis reactions. Methods described herein exhibit enhanced activity and stereoselectivity, relative to known methods, and are useful in the synthesis of a large assortment of biologically and therapeutically significant agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Simon J. Meek, Robert V. O'Brien, Josep Llaveria Cros, Richard R. Schrock
  • Publication number: 20130274482
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to catalysts and processes for the Z-selective formation of internal olefin(s) from terminal olefin(s) via homo-metathesis reactions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventors: Richard R. Schrock, Annie J. King, Yu Zhao, Margaret M. Flook, Amir H. Hoveyda