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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Symrise Ag, Holzminden, DE;
Ravikumar Pillai, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Jürgen Siewert, Rollshausen, DE;
Yonahha Sander, Höxter, DE;
Gorsten Stephan, Holzminden, DE;
Christian Wolter, Ottenstein, DE;
Oliver Lenz, Uslar, DE;
SYMRISE AG, , DE;
Abstract
Suggested is a cosmetic or pharmaceutical or detergent composition comprising 1,2 pentanediol, wherein said 1,2-pentanediol is obtained from a process comprising the following steps: (a) providing at least one starting material selected from furfuryl alcohol and furfural; (b) reacting at least one of said starting materials with hydrogen in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst to form 1,2-pentanediol, wherein said heterogeneous catalyst comprises: one or more metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, nickel, palladium and iridium in metallic form and/or one or more compounds of metals selected from the group consisting of platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, nickel, palladium and iridium; and one or more support materials selected from the group consisting of activated carbon, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, and silicon carbide; and (c) removing the 1,2-pentanediol thus obtained from the reaction mixture.