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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Esben Taarning, Copenhagen S, DK;
Saravanamurugan Shunmugavel, Lyngby, DK;
Martin Spangsberg Holm, Copenhagen, DK;
Inventors:
Esben Taarning, Copenhagen S, DK;
Saravanamurugan Shunmugavel, Lyngby, DK;
Martin Spangsberg Holm, Copenhagen, DK;
Assignee:
Haldor Topsøe A/S, Lyngby, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 69/66 (2006.01); C07C 59/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A process for the production of lactic acid and 2-hydroxy-3-butenoic acid or esters thereof by conversion of glucose, fructose, sucrose, xylose and glycolaldehyde dissolved in a solvent in presence of a solid Lewis acidic catalyst.