MUMBAI, India, Oct. 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517092516 A) filed by Arkema France, Puteaux, France, on Sept. 26, for 'polythiol compositions and method for preparing same from terpenes or terpene derivatives.'
Inventor(s) include Skowron, Pierre-Thomas; Mendes, Sophie; and Tourneur, Kevin.
The application for the patent was published on Oct. 10, under issue no. 41/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method for preparing a polythiol from a terpene or terpene derivative, and to polythiol compositions and novel polythiols. The method comprises the following steps: a) reacting a terpene or a terpene derivative with a thiocarboxylic acid in the presence of oxygen (O2) and of at least one organic solvent so as to obtain a reaction medium comprising a polythioester and the at least one solvent; b) deprotecting the polythioester obtained in step a) so as to obtain a polythiol; wherein step a) and step b) are carried out in one-pot synthesis."
The patent application was internationally filed on Mar. 29, 2024, under International application No.PCT/FR2024/050410.
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