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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Board of Regents of the University of Colorado, Boulder, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
564-9 ; 564 10 ; 568-3 ; 568-4 ; 568-5 ;
Abstract
Substituted borate and carborate anions having unusual properties of being exceptionally weakly nucleophilic and being soluble in non-polar solvents. One-electron oxidation of the anions yields the corresponding radicals. The compounds are useful, e.g., as electrolytes, catalysts, and electrochromic materials.