Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research (IC&SR) , IIT Madras
Categories: Chemistry & Chemical Analysis
Industry: Catalyst Manufacturing
Application: Sulfoxide Synthesis, Diesel Desulfurization, Specialty Chemical, Petroleum Refining, Environmental Solutions, Green Chemistry, Catalyst Manufacturing,
Market: The global specialty chemicals market size was valued at US $641 Billion in 2021 and is predicted to reach US $883 Billion by 2028 with 7% CAGR from 2021-2028.
The present patent disclosure provides a newly developed surfactant-based molybdenum catalyst [(C19H42N)[MoO(O2)2(C6H4NO3)] (Formula Mo1), for controlled and chemoselective oxidation of organic sulfides to their corresponding sulfoxides and sulfones.
The method for preparing cetyltrimethylammonium (CTA) based oxomolybdenum Catalyst comprises following steps:
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Prof. Dillip Kumar Chand
Department of Chemistry
IITM IDF No.: 2452
IP No.: 472900 (Granted)
TRL-3
Proof of Concept