公开(公告)号：US20200283366A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16639534

申请日：2018-08-17

申请人： Stichting Wageningen Research

发明人： Roel Johannes Martinus BISSELINK ,  Marc CROCKATT ,  Earl Lawrence Vincent GOETHEER

IPC分类号： C07C51/377 ,  C07C67/08 ,  C07C1/207 ,  C25B3/04 ,  C25B11/04

摘要： The invention is directed to a method of electrochemically producing valeric acid.The method of the invention comprises contacting a solution of levulinic acid with an anode and a cathode in an electrochemical cell; and electrochemically reducing levulinic acid at the cathode to form valeric acid, wherein the cathode comprises one or more materials selected from the group consisting of cadmium, zinc, and indium.