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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Allen Andrews, Wilmington, DE (US);
Kamlesh Kumar Bhatia, Newark, DE (US);
Paul Joseph Fagan, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ; C07D / ;
Abstract
This invention concerns a process for the manufacture of anhydro- and dianhydro- hexitols, pentitols, and tetritols by the dehydration of sugar alcohols (alditols) in the presence of a dehydration catalyst and with the assistance of an inert gas sparge.