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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999

Filed:

Jan. 08, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:

Kunio Takanohashi, Kawanishi, JP;

Mitsutaka Tanaka, Sanda, JP;

Toru Yamano, Itami, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
549315 ;
Abstract

L-ascorbic acid is produced by allowing an acid to act on 2-keto-L-gulonic acid in a mixture solvent of an inert organic solvent and an aliphatic ketone in the presence of water and a surfactant. The method produces L-ascorbic acid in a high yield 90% or more and is an industrially advantageous method.


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