摘要:
An improved method is provided for the quantitative analysis of mixtures including various sugars, sugar alcohols and related dehydration products, whereby these are enabled to be effectively and accurately quantitated through gas chromatography, for example, by their derivatization with a carboxylic acid, carboxylic acid anhydride or halide in the presence of a metal triflate catalyst. The method can be carried out at essentially room temperature conditions, with a sufficiently rapid and complete derivatization, even in the presence of substantial amounts of water, that the materials to be quantitated do not substantially break down or degrade and substantially completely accounted for in a derivatized form.
摘要:
An integrated process for producing an ester of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid from a six carbon sugar-containing feed, comprising: e) dehydrating a feed comprising a six-carbon sugar unit, in the presence of a bromine source and of a solvent, at an elevated temperature and for a time sufficient to generate an oxidation feed comprised of at least one of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and/or a derivative or derivatives of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in the solvent, together with at least one bromine containing species; f) contacting the oxidation feed from step (a) with a homogenous metal catalyst and with an oxygen source at an elevated temperature for a time sufficient to produce an oxidation product mixture comprising 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), the solvent, and a residual catalyst; g) purifying and separating the mixture obtained in step (b) to obtain FDCA and the solvent; h) recycling at least a portion of the solvent obtained in step (c) to step (a); and e) esterifying 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid with a C 1 -C 12 aliphatic alcohol or a C 1 -C 12 aliphatic diol, under conditions effective for carrying out the esterification and optionally in the presence of a suitable esterification catalyst.
摘要:
Various processes for preparing aldaric acids, aldonic acids, uronic acids, and/or lactone(s) thereof are described. For example, processes for preparing a C 5 -C 6 aldaric acid and/or lactone(s) thereof by the catalytic oxidation of a C 5 -C 6 aldonic acid and/or lactone(s) thereof and/or a C 5 -C 6 aldose are described.