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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
William Marsh Rice Univeristy, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
William Marsh Rice University, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 3/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Improved methods of making anhydrosugars by pyrolysis of a substrate sugar to remove at least one water molecule thereby producing a desired anhydrosugar and side products, the improvement being either 1) protecting one hydroxyl group of the substrate sugar before pyrolysis; or (2) pretreating the substrate sugar with a metal salt and optional acid before pyrolysis, wherein lower amounts of said side products are produced by said improved method.