Patents by Inventor Sebastian Torker

Sebastian Torker 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: 11332426
    Abstract: Method of forming a trisubstituted ethylene compound, the method comprising: (A) providing a trisubstituted ethylene compound bearing a first, a second and a third substituent, in which the first and the second substituent are bound to the one olefinic carbon atom and are different from one another; (B) providing a monosubstituted ethylene compound or a disubstituted ethylene compound in which the substituents are vicinally bound to the olefinic carbon atoms, bearing at least a fourth substituent, respectively; (C) subjecting the trisubstituted ethylene compound provided in step (A) to a cross-metathesis reaction with olefin provided in step (B) to form said trisubstituted ethylene, wherein the cross-metathesis reaction is catalysed by a transition metal complex bearing ligands from which one ligand is a carbene ligand, wherein the carbene complex is characterized by a M=C moiety, wherein M is the transition metal; and wherein the reaction proceeds stereoselectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Trustees of Boston College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Thach T. Nguyen, Ming Joo Koh, Chaofan Xu, Sebastian Torker, Richard Royce Schrock
  • Publication number: 20200270194
    Abstract: Method of forming a trisubstituted ethylene compound, the method comprising: (A) providing a trisubstituted ethylene compound bearing a first, a second and a third substituent, in which the first and the second substituent are bound to the one olefinic carbon atom and are different from one another; (B) providing a monosubstituted ethylene compound or a disubstituted ethylene compound in which the substituents are vicinally bound to the olefinic carbon atoms, bearing at least a fourth substituent, respectively; (C) subjecting the trisubstituted ethylene compound provided in step (A) to a cross-metathesis reaction with olefin provided in step (B) to form said trisubstituted ethylene, wherein the cross-metathesis reaction is catalysed by a transition metal complex bearing ligands from which one ligand is a carbene ligand, wherein the carbene complex is characterized by a M?C moiety, wherein M is the transition metal; and wherein the reaction proceeds stereoselectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Thach T. Nguyen, Ming Joo Koh, Chaofan Xu, Sebastian Torker, Richard Royce Schrock
  • Patent number: 9938253
    Abstract: The present application provides, among other things, compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, provided compounds promote highly efficient and highly Z-selective metathesis. In some embodiments, provided compounds and methods are particularly useful for producing allyl alcohols. In some embodiments, provided compounds have the structure of formula I. In some embodiments, provided compounds comprise ruthenium, and a ligand bonded to ruthenium through a sulfur atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, R. Kashif M. Khan, Sebastian Torker, Ming Joo Koh
  • Patent number: 9328061
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic molecules and methods thereof for reactions between organoboron reagents and double bonds, such as imines or carbonyls, to stereoselectively provide chiral products including amines and alcohols, entities useful for the preparation of biologically active molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Daniel L. Silverio, Tatiana Pilyugina, Sebastian Torker, Daniel Robbins
  • Publication number: 20150057451
    Abstract: The present invention provides organic molecules and methods thereof for reactions between organoboron reagents and double bonds, such as imines or carbonyls, to stereoselectively provide chiral products including amines and alcohols, entities useful for the preparation of biologically active molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, Daniel L. Silverio, Tatiana Pilyugina, Sebastian Torker, Daniel Robbins
  • Publication number: 20140371454
    Abstract: The present application provides, among other things, compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, provided compounds promote highly efficient and highly Z-selective metathesis. In some embodiments, provided compounds and methods are particularly useful for producing allyl alcohols. In some embodiments, provided compounds have the structure of formula I. In some embodiments, provided compounds comprise ruthenium, and a ligand bonded to ruthenium through a sulfur atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Amir H. Hoveyda, R. Kashif M. Khan, Sebastian Torker, Ming Joo Koh