Patents by Inventor Francis Walter Verpoort

Francis Walter Verpoort 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).

  • Metal complexes for use in olefin metathesis and atom group transfer reactions
    Publication number: 20070185343
    Abstract: Improved catalysts useful in a number of organic synthesis reactions such as olefin metathesis and atom or group transfer reactions are made by bringing into contact a multi-coordinated metal complex comprising a multidentate Schiff base ligand, and one or more other ligands, with an acid under conditions such that said acid is able to at least partly cleave a bond between the metal and the multidentate Schiff base ligand of said metal complex, optionally through intermediate protonation of said Schiff base ligand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: UNIVERSITEIT GENT
    Inventors: Francis Walter Verpoort, Renata Drozdzak, Nele Ledoux, Bart Allaert