摘要:
The invention relates to a method for synthesising glycolic acid or one of the salts thereof, including the following step: placing glycerol and an oxidising agent in contact with one another in a reaction medium in the presence of a silver-based catalyst on a substrate, said substrate including a material selected from the group consisting of CeO 2 , basic Αl 2 Ο 3 optionally doped with a calcium or cerium oxide, an amphoteric resin, ZrO 2 , and a mixture of said materials. The invention also relates to the use of a silver-based catalyst on a substrate that can be used in said method.
摘要:
A method for the preparation of 2,4-dihydroxybutyric acid (2,4-DHB) including the successive steps of converting malate, succinyl-CoA and/or glyoxylate into malyl-CoA, converting malyl-CoA previously obtained into malate-4-semialdehyde, and converting malate-4-semialdehyde into 2,4-DHB using a DHB dehydrogenase.
摘要:
Cyclic esters of hydroxy organic acids can be produced and recovered via azeotropic distillation. In certain embodiments, cyclic esters such as glycolide and lactide can be produced from a fermentation broth or other feedstream that comprises a hydroxy organic acid, an ammonium salt of a hydroxy organic acid, or an ester of a hydroxy organic acid using azeotropic distillation. The hydroxy organic acid for the feedstream or the organic acid derived from the feedstream by decomposition is related to produce the cyclic ester. In other embodiments a crude composition of a cyclic ester of an organic ester can be purified using azeotropic distillation. The feedstream (10) and an azeotroping agent (12) are mixed in a reactor (14). A first vapor stream (20) can be purified using a first column (22), a second column (27) and a separator (38). A first column bottoms stream (24) from the first column (22) can be recycled back to reactor (14).
摘要:
A method for the recovery of an organic acid, such as a heat stable lactic acid, from a feedstream (1) comprising at least one of an organic acid amide, an organic acid ammonium salt or an alkylamine-organic acid complex. The feedstream is mixed with at least one azeotroping agent (2) and the mixture fed to a fractional distillation apparatus or reactor (3). The azeotroping agent is a hydrocarbon capable of forming at least one azeotrope with the organic acid that is produced by the thermal decomposition of the amide, ammonium salt, or complex in the feedstream. The mixture is heated to produce vapor stream (11) that comprises an azeotrope. The vapor stream can be condensed in condenser (12) to a liquid stream, and the organic acid is recovered in the liquid stream that is produced. When the azeotrope is a heteroazeotrope, the vapor stream can be condensed into a liquid stream, which can be separated into a first phase (18) and a second phase (17). The first phase contains the highest concentration of organic acid and the second phase comprises azetroping agent. The organic acid can be further purified and/or concentrated from the separated first phase or form the liquid stream.
摘要:
The invention provides methods for separating outer birch bark from inner birch bark. The invention also provides methods for isolating betulin; lupeol; betulinic acid; 9,10-epoxy-18-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid; 9,10,18-trihydroxyoctadecanoic acid; polyphenolic polymers and fatty acids from birch bark.
摘要:
Process for preparing 2,2'-disubstituted-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol compounds having formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom form a 3 to 6 member cycloalkyl group, or aryl, the process comprising: reacting D- or L-serine with a nitrosating agent in an aqueous solution in the presence of formic acid, acetic acid, or propanoic acid to prepare 2,3-dihydroxypropanoic acid (D- or L-glyceric acid), the aqueous solution comprising from about 0.1 to 0.5 liter of water per mole of the serine starting material; reacting the glyceric acid so formed with 2,2-dimethoxypropane in the presence of a loweralkyl alcohol to prepare the D- or L-glyceric acid alkyl ester which is reacted with a selected aldehyde or ketone or the acetal or ketal derivative to prepare the corresponding 1,3-dioxolane derivative. Reacting the 1,3-dioxolane derivative with lithium aluminum hydride provides the desired 2,2'-disubstituted-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol derivative. If an alcohol is not used as described above, then the 2,3-dihydroxy-propanoic acid is reacted with a selected aldehyde or ketone or the acetal or ketal derivative to prepare the 1,3-dioxolane derivative. The dioxolane derivative is then reacted with lithium aluminum hydride to provide the desired 2,2'-disubstituted-1,3-dioxolane-4-methanol derivative. The compounds so prepared are intermediates in the preparation of optically active beta-agonists or antagonists.