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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Melville E Hillman, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
Battelle Development Corporation, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568876 ; 568878 ; 568852 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for converting a carbohydrate or lactic acid feedstock into an ethanol product in the presence of a metal salt at a reaction temperature ranging from about 250.degree. to about 400.degree. C. The improvement comprises establishing a reaction mixture of said feedstock, said metal salt, water, and an organic solvent. The organic solvent has a boiling point above about 150.degree. C., is stable at the reaction temperature, and solvates said feedstock. The solvent is selected from the group consisting of an alcohol, an ether, a tertiary amine, an amine oxide, a quaternary ammonium hydroxide, and a sulfoxide.