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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
Devdatt L Kurdikar, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Fred E Strauser, St. Charles, MO (US);
A John Solodar, University City, MO (US);
Mark D Paster, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Jawed Asrar, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) polyester is extracted from biomass by dissolving the PHA in a non-halogenated solvent which comprises a PHA-good solvent or a mixture thereof. Suitable PHA-good solvents can be selected from the disclosed alcohols, esters, amides and ketones. The PHA can be recovered, for example, by cooling, by solvent evaporation, or by addition of a PHA-poor solvent, wherein the PHA-poor solvent preferably dissolves less than about 1% (w/v) of the PHA at a temperature below the solvent boiling point. Preferred PHA types for use in the invention are poly (hydroxybutyrate-co-hydroxyvalerate), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate), and polymers/copolymers of hydroxyterminated polyhydroxybutyrate.