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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Showa Denko K. K., Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, JP;
SHOWA DENKO K. K., Tokyo, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Sapporo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of producing a chitin oligomer, including subjecting chitin-containing biomass to partial hydrolysis while pulverizing the chitin-containing biomass with a pulverization apparatus in the co-presence of water and an acid catalyst selected from phosphoric acid, nitrous acid, and an organic acid (Method 1); a method of producing N-acetylglucosamine, including hydrolyzing a chitin oligomer obtained by the Method 1 by adding water thereto, followed by heating (Method 2); and a method of producing a 1-O-alkyl-N-acetylglucosamine, including alcoholyzing a chitin oligomer by adding an alcohol thereto (Method 3).