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US 2026/0250261 A1Published application
Thioctic acid based ligands
AssigneeThe Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsKimihiro Susumu, Michael Stewart, Adam Meares, Igor Medintz, Eunkeu Oh
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are the compounds shown below. R1 is R2 is an organic group, R3 is —H, —[(CH2)2—O]m—(CH2)2—OH or —(CH2)2—CO—O—R4, at most one of the R3 groups is —H, and R4 is an alkyl group or H. The sulfur atoms of these compounds may be bound to nanoparticles, such as semiconducting material, gold, silver, copper, platinum, or palladium.
Claims23
A compound having the formula:
- wherein R1 is
- and
- wherein R2 is an organic group.
A method comprising:
- providing an amine have the formula:
- wherein R1 is
- and
- wherein R2 is an organic group;
- and
- reacting the amine with ethyl trifluoroacetate to form a compound having the formula:
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A compound having the formula:
- wherein n is a positive integer
- wherein R1 is
- wherein each R3 is —H, —[(CH2)2—O]m—(CH2)2—OH or —(CH2)2—CO—O—R4;
- wherein at most one of the R3 groups is —H;
- wherein m is a positive integer;
- and
- wherein R4 is an alkyl group or H.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.