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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2014
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jonas C. Peters, Pasadena, CA (US);
John S. Anderson, Evanston, IL (US);
Sidney E. Cruetz, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Rittle, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01C 1/02 (2006.01); C01B 21/16 (2006.01); B01J 31/16 (2006.01); B01J 31/18 (2006.01); B01J 31/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B 21/16 (2013.01); B01J 31/1608 (2013.01); B01J 31/189 (2013.01); B01J 31/2409 (2013.01); C01C 1/026 (2013.01); B01J 2231/62 (2013.01); B01J 2531/0236 (2013.01); B01J 2531/0247 (2013.01); B01J 2531/842 (2013.01); B01J 2531/845 (2013.01); B01J 2540/50 (2013.01); Y02P 20/52 (2015.11);
Abstract
This invention relates to molecular catalysts and chemical reactions utilizing the same, and particularly to catalysts and catalytic methods for reduction of molecular nitrogen. The molecular catalytic platform provided herein is capable of the facile reduction of molecular nitrogen under useful conditions such as room temperature or less and atmospheric pressure or less.