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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Xiaoyuan Cui, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
A. Levent Cimecioglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yong-cheng Shi, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Xiaoyuan Cui, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
A. Levent Cimecioglu, Princeton, NJ (US);
Yong-Cheng Shi, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, New Castle, DE (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an environmentally friendly process for the selective oxidation of carbohydrates. The process comprises the addition of a hydroperoxide, including hydrogen peroxide, to a carbohydrate having primary alcohol groups, particularly including polysaccharides, wherein said carbohydrate is contact with a nitroxyl radical mediator and the process is catalyzed by a peroxidase enzyme in the presence of halide ions.