公开(公告)号：US20200055816A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16555710

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Inventor： Mark MASCAL ,  Saikat DUTTA ,  Linglin WU

IPC: C07C407/00 ,  C07C409/16 ,  C07C59/01 ,  C07C55/10 ,  C07B41/14 ,  C07B41/08 ,  C07C51/367 ,  C07C51/285

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making carboxylic acids from levulinic acid, such as succinic acid and 3-hydroxypropanoic acid, by reacting levulinic acid with an oxidant such as hydrogen peroxide under acidic or basic conditions.