University of York

Conopco, Inc.

Fmc Corporation

Ciba-geigy Ag

Unilever IP Holdings B.v.

Unilever Global IP Limited

Jan Rideout

Duncan James Macquarrie

Starbons Limited

James Hanley Clark

Vitaliy Lvovich Budarin

Krzysztof Jakub Milkowski

David William Thornthwaite

Robin Jeremy White

Ashley Wilson

Thomas James Farmer

Peter Shuttleworth

Brigid Lanigan

Vitaliy L'vovich Budarin

Rafael Luque

Simon William Breeden

Con Robert McElroy

Joseph Kolawole Ogunjobi

A process for preparing dialkyl terephalate comprising the following steps:&#x2014;i) providing furan-2,5-dicarboxylate; ii) esterifying the furan-2,5-dicarboxylate with alcohol to form furan-2,5-carboxylic acid dialkyl ester; iii) reacting the furan-2,5-carboxylic acid dialkyl ester with ethylene under Diels Alder conditions, elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of a catalyst such that dialkyl terephthalate is produced; wherein the Diels-Alder reaction is free from solvent; wherein the catalyst comprises a clay comprising metal ions and having Lewis acidity.

Process for the production of dialkyl terephthalate

There is described a processor for use in the microwave torrefaction of biomass material which comprises, a micronized biomass char material and a method of producing a biomass char material, and a method of producing L-glucosan.

Microwave torrefaction of biomass

A carbonaceous material is derived from a polysaccharide by carbonization. The polysaccharide is preferably a starch. The carbonaceous material has mesoporosity and is useful as a solid catalytic support.

Carbonaceous materials

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Duncan James Macquarrie