Patents by Inventor Thottumkara K. Vinod

Thottumkara K. Vinod 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).

  • User- and eco-friendly hypervalent iodine reagent and method of synthesis
    Patent number: 6933405
    Abstract: The present invention is a user- and eco-friendly hypervalent iodine reagent (mIBX) capable of selectively oxidizing allylic and benzylic alcohols in water and other eco-friendly solvents and having generally the following structure: Allylic and benzylic alcohols are cleanly oxidized to the corresponding carbonyl compounds in water or water-THF mixtures, or other mixtures, using a water-soluble o-iodoxybenzoic acid derivative of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University
    Inventors: Thottumkara K. Vinod, Arun P. Thottumkara
  • User- and eco-friendly hypervalent iodine reagent and method of synthesis
    Publication number: 20040030187
    Abstract: The present invention is a user- and eco-friendly hypervalent iodine reagent (mIBX) capable of selectively oxidizing allylic and benzylic alcohols in water and other eco-friendly solvents and having generally the following structure: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Thottumkara K. Vinod, Arun P. Thottumkara