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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Marcel Schreier, Madison, WI (US);
Christine E. Lucky, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 1/04 (2021.01); C07C 5/02 (2006.01); C07C 11/02 (2006.01); C07C 31/02 (2006.01); C25B 3/03 (2021.01); C25B 3/07 (2021.01); C25B 3/11 (2021.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 3/25 (2021.01); C25B 11/042 (2021.01); C25B 11/043 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B 3/07 (2021.01); C25B 3/03 (2021.01); C25B 3/23 (2021.01); C25B 3/25 (2021.01); C25B 11/042 (2021.01); C25B 11/043 (2021.01);
Abstract
A method of making alkenes and/or epoxides from alkanes and hydroxy-alkanes, respectively. In a reactor having an anode and a cathode separated by an ion exchange membrane, and containing a solution comprising water, halogen ions, and an alkane and/or a hydroxy-alkane, apply a potential across the anode and the cathode such that a halogenated intermediate is produced at the anode as an anolyte and hydroxyl ions are produced at the cathode as a catholyte; and combining the anolyte and the catholyte to yield an alkene and/or an epoxide.