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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Rawle I. Hollingsworth, Haslett, MI (US);
Inventor:
Rawle I. Hollingsworth, Haslett, MI (US);
Assignee:
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 1/06 (2006.01); C07H 1/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the preparation and separation of the pentoses, xylose and arabinose from mixtures of saccharides by forming acetals is described. D-xylose is a precursor to xylitol, a sweetener, and L-arabinose is a precursor to the drug intermediate (R)-3,4-dihydroxybutyric acid, carnitine and agrichemicals.