Dr. Srivastava Receives Patent on New Chemical Process

We are excited to announce the granting of a patent (US 9,394,229 B2) to Dr. Radhey Srivastava, Professor of Chemistry, and his colleague Siva Murra for new method to produce specific forms of chemicals. Their method reduces the time to produce the chemicals and cost of production by using copper instead of more expensive metals like palladium and iridium. With this method, copper compounds can be used as catalysts to create asymmetric chemicals important for health, such as the epilepsy drug Vigabatrin, the cholesterol lowering drug Ezetimibe, the Alzheimers drug Rivastigmine, the antifungal drug Naftifine, and the anti-depression drug Sertraline. These are just a few. There are over 20,000 useful bioactive molecules that can be created with this method, which also has the potential to impact the production of agrochemicals. Please join us in extending our congratulations to Dr. Srivastava!

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