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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Myriam Elseviers, Kampenhout, BE;
Hilde Odile Lemmens, Kontich, BE;
Sonia Marianne Coomans, Vilvoorde, BE;
Harald Wilhelm Roper, Brussels, BE;
Assignee:
Cerestar Holding B.V., Sas van Gent, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536124 ; 536 185 ; 536121 ; 568852 ; 568854 ; 568861 ; 568864 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for producing a pentitol. The disclosed method more particularly relates to producing arabinitol from hexoses, e.g. galactose and/or glucose, and/or fructose, or lactose hydrolysate, or invert sugar, or starch hydrolysates. The hexose is oxidatively decarboxylated to a C.sub.5 -aldonic acid which is thereafter catalytically hydrogenated to obtain the desired arabinitol.