公开(公告)号：US10125060B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US15003613

申请日：2016-01-21

Applicant: MICROMIDAS, INC.

Inventor： Makoto N. Masuno ,  Patrick B. Smith ,  Dennis A. Hucul ,  Katherine Brune ,  Ryan L. Smith ,  John A. Bissell, II ,  Dimitri Hirsch-Weil ,  Edmund J. Stark

IPC: C07C2/00 ,  C07C2/86 ,  C07C51/16

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.