Patent 8217202 was granted and assigned to New Mexico Highlands University on July, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The chemistry of [13C]methyl phenyl sulfide is exploited to produce new isotopically labeled precursors that allow for the facile assembly of a wide range of labeled molecules from simple and relatively inexpensive starting materials. These compounds are applicable to a variety of research areas such as quantum computing, metabolism and materials science.