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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2023
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Adam Holewinski, Boulder, CO (US);
Francisco Willian De Souza Lucas, Boulder, CO (US);
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods of electrochemical synthesis of hydroxyvaleric acid from levulinic acid. For example, disclosed herein are methods comprising electrochemical synthesis of hydroxyvaleric acid from levulinic acid, wherein the method is conducted in an electrochemical cell wherein a working electrode is in electrochemical contact with an aqueous electrolyte and levulinic acid, wherein the method comprises applying a potential to electrochemically reduce the levulinic acid to form hydroxyvaleric acid. Also disclosed herein are methods of synthesizing gamma-valerolactone from hydroxyvaleric acid, the method comprising acid-catalyzed esterification. Also disclosed herein are methods of use of the products produced by any of the methods herein.