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- Patent Title: Methods of producing para-xylene
- Patent Title (中): 生产对二甲苯的方法
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Application No.: US13838761Application Date: 2013-03-15
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Publication No.: US08889938B2Publication Date: 2014-11-18
- Inventor: Makoto N. Masuno , Patrick B. Smith , Dennis A. Hucul , Katherine Brune , Ryan L. Smith , John Bissell , Dimitri A. Hirsch-Weil , Edmund J. Stark
- Applicant: Micromidas, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA West Sacramento
- Assignee: Micromidas, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Micromidas, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA West Sacramento
- Agency: Morrison & Foerster LLP
- Main IPC: C07C2/06
- IPC: C07C2/06 ; C07C51/16 ; C07C2/86

Abstract:
The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which may be converted into para-xylene by cycloaddition of ethylene to DMF. Para-xylene can then be oxidized to form terephthalic acid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130245316A1 METHODS OF PRODUCING PARA-XYLENE AND TEREPHTHALIC ACID Public/Granted day:2013-09-19
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