Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...
Patent
1988-04-26
1990-01-30
Foelak, Morton
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...
549490, 562515, C07D30748, C07D30750
Patent
active
048974978
ABSTRACT:
A process for producing furfural and levulinic acid from lignocellulose includes subjecting a sample of lignocellulose to acid degradation at an elevated temperature for a minute or less, during which time at least fifty percent of the furfural that theoretically can be derived from the sample is generated. The resulting mixture is then subjected to a second acid degradation at an elevated temperature to produce levulinic acid. During the second acid degradation, furfural vapors are continuously collected from the mixture.
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Biofine Incorporated
Foelak Morton
Krass Frederick
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