Cerestar Holding B.v.

Cerestar Holdings B.v.

Hilde Odile Lemmens

Myriam Elseviers

Roland Herwig Beck

Harald Wilhelm Roper

Sonia Marianne Coomans

Horst Guenther

Marie-Henriette L David

Harald W Roeper

This process for the production of 2-keto-D-gluconic acid starts from D-glucose. D-glucose is catalytically oxidised using molecular oxygen in a one-pot process. The oxidation is performed in the presence of well-known Pt/Pb catalysts. The initial reaction to D-gluconic acid is performed at constant pH between 7 and 10. There after the reaction is continued without pH control. This process results in a high selectivity compared with known processes.

Process for the production of 2-keto-D-glusonic acid

The present invention a polyhydroxycarboxylic acid composition derived from maltodextrins by oxidation with an oxygen containing oxidant. The invention also relates to a process for the production of oxyacids from carbohydrates by oxidation with an oxygen containing oxidant. More particularly the present invention relates to the oxidation of starch hydrolysates or maltodextrins having a DE of less than 20. The invention further relates to oxidation products and the use thereof.

Polyhydroxycarboxylic acid composition derived from maltodextrins by

A method is disclosed for producing a pentitol. The disclosed method more particularly relates to producing arabinitol from hexoses, e.g. galactose and/or glucose, and/or fructose, or lactose hydrolysate, or invert sugar, or starch hydrolysates. The hexose is oxidatively decarboxylated to a C.sub.5 -aldonic acid which is thereafter catalytically hydrogenated to obtain the desired arabinitol.

Process for the production of arabinitol

The present invention discloses a method for direct decarbonylation of sugars. The method is based on the conversion of the sugars in the presence of a phosphine metal complex. These complexes are added in catalytic amounts if at the same time urea or an azide such as DPPA (diphenylphosphorylazide) or sodium azide is added. Through the use of other ligands the decarbonylation reaction can also be performed in water.

Method for decarbonylation of sugars

6-C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 acyl-1-C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 alkylglucosides are a new group of surface active compounds useful in particular as emulsifiers in cosmetics, pharmaceutical compositions and foodstuffs. They are prepared by reacting a 1-C.sub.3 to C.sub.12 alkyl glucoside with a C.sub.8 to C.sub.22 fatty acid in the presence of a lipolytic enzyme and in a reaction medium containing at most 30% and preferably 0.01 to 5% water.

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