Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOES20230705012
- Term of Validity
- 5 July 2023 - 4 July 2025
- Company's Country
- Spain
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
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A Spanish research group has developed a new procedure that allows the reduction of nitro groups and sulfoxides in short times and with yields that reach 95%. The key to this transformation lies in the molybdenum catalyst used and the reducing agent.
They are looking for commercial and research cooperation agreements with partners related with the detection of explosives.
The partner would test the technology at their facilities and/or give economical support to improve/adapt it to their needs - Full Description
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The research group has a well-proved expertise in the development of new procedures of quickly, efficiently and sustainably methodologies. Additionally, during the last years, this group has stablished an important number of contract with different companies related to organic chemistry.
The reduction of sulfoxides and nitrocompounds to the corresponding sulfides and amines is a very useful transformation both in the chemical industry and in the pharmaceutical industry. There are several methods to carry out this transformation, however, the procedure patented by this research group allows obtaining these compounds quickly, efficiently, and sustainably, using a novel reducing agent and a molybdenum catalyst. The reaction conditions make the purification of the final compounds extremely easy.
The monoterpenes obtained from the biomass are used in equimolar amounts, acting both as reducing agents and as the solvent. The dioxomolybdenum (VI) compound, MoO2Cl2(dmf)2, is added in catalytic amounts (5 mol%) and is responsible for accelerating and facilitating the process. The by-products obtained in the reaction are p-cymene and water, which allows the purification of the deoxygenated product quickly and easily, without the need to resort to complex separation techniques. The low toxicity of the reagents used allows the reaction to be carried out with a higher degree of safety and from a more environmentally friendly point of view.
The research group is interested in contact with different partners. Commercial agreements are sought and partners for research cooperation agreements are welcome as well. - Advantages and Innovations
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• Use of natural compounds, monoterpenes from biomass, environmentally benign and sustainable.
• Monoterpenes act as a solvent, reducing costs and their by-products can be easily removed.
• The products are obtained with yields up to 95% and high purity.
• The transformation does not require an inert atmosphere and is completed in two hours by heating to 160ºC.
• High tolerance of functional groups. - Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
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The partner sought, both for license and manufacturing agreement, will be chemical companies that are willing to implement these procedures. It is important to note that using this method, the final compounds are obtained quickly, effectively and sustainably.
Their role will be, for instance, to use and test this technology.
In addition, they are looking for a research groups and research institutions to collaborate to transfer and bring the technology to the next level and, additionally, apply for European funds. - Type and Size of Partner
- Other
- SME 11-49
- SME <=10
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Research and development cooperation agreement
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 10003004 - Recycling, Recovery
- 05001004 - Organic Chemistry
- Market keywords
- 08001017 - Industrial chemicals
- 08004002 - Chemical and solid material recycling
- Targeted countries
- All countries