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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.02.2004 (43) Date of publication: 09.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/10 (21) Application number: 03730328.6 (22) Date of filing: 22.05.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B01J 31/02 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2003/002227 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/099435 (04.12.2003 Gazette 2003/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 24.05.2002 GB 0212017 (71) Applicants: KING'S COLLEGE LONDON London WC2R 2LS (GB) Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds Moscow (RU)	(72) Inventors: North, Michael London WC2R 2LS (GB) Belokon, Yuri Moscow (RU) (74) Representative: Gairns, Raymond Stevenson et al Avecia LimitedIntellectual Property GroupP.O. Box 42Hexagon House Blackley, Manchester M9 8ZS Blackley, Manchester M9 8ZS (GB)