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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno, s'Gravenhage, NL;
Inventors:
Marc Crockatt, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Jan Harm Urbanus, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Johannes Wouterus Van Groenestijn, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Martijn Constantijn De Koning, 's-Gravenhage, NL;
Assignee:
NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST-NATUUREWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK TNO, 'S-Gravenhage, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to obtaining furans from biomass. In particular, the invention relates to obtaining furans from polyols, such as tetrahydroxybutane. In accordance with the invention tetrahydroxybutane is converted to furan in the presence of a catalyst. The tetrahydroxybutane may be dissolved in a solvent such as water.