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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2019
Evonik Operations Gmbh, Essen, DE;
Thomas Haas, Münster, DE;
Christian Richter, Münster, DE;
Uwe Paulmann, Lüdinghausen, DE;
Anja Hecker, Münster, DE;
Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen, DE;
Abstract
A method of producing higher alkanones, preferably 6-undecanone, from ethanol and/or acetate, may include: (a) contacting the ethanol and/or acetate with at least one microorganism capable of carrying out carbon chain elongation to produce hexanoic acid and/or an ester thereof from the ethanol and/or acetate; (b) extracting the hexanoic acid and/or ester thereof from the contacting (a) using at least one extractant in an aqueous medium, the extractant including at least one alkyl-phosphine oxide and at least one C12+ alkane; or at least one trialkylamine and at least one C12+ alkane; and (c) contacting the extracted hexanoic acid and/or ester thereof from (b) with at least one ketonization catalyst and eventually a further C1 to C22 alkanoic acid under suitable reaction conditions for chemical ketonization of hexanoic acid and eventually the further alkanoic acid to a higher alkanone, preferably 6-undecanone.