Patent 8092942 was granted and assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company on January, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Novel multifunctional sulfone/fluorinated ester compounds are described. These compounds may be useful as non-aqueous electrolyte solvents, specialty solvents, and starting materials and intermediates for synthesis of dyes, agricultural chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.