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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2022
Ut-battelle, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Radu Custelcean, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Bruce A. Moyer, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jeffrey Einkauf, Knoxville, TN (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A compound having the following structure: wherein: R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, and Rare independently selected from (i) hydrogen atom, (ii) hydrocarbon groups (R) containing 1-30 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, (iii) —OR' groups, (iv) —NR′groups, (v) —C(O)R′ groups, and (vi) halogen atoms, wherein R′ groups are independently selected from R groups and hydrogen atoms, and wherein the R group optionally includes a C(O), ether, or amino linkage; Xis an anionic species with a magnitude of charge m, where m is an integer of at least 1; and n is a number, provided that n×m=1. Also described herein are methods for removing one or more oxyanions from a liquid source by use of the above compound or mono-pyridyl derivative thereof.