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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Heemstede, NL;
Leo Ernest Manzer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Ana Sofia Vagueiro DE Sousa Dias, Haarlem, NL;
Frits Dautzenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Jindra Purmova, Arnhem, NL;
Inventors:
Gerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Heemstede, NL;
Leo Ernest Manzer, Wilmington, DE (US);
Ana Sofia Vagueiro De Sousa Dias, Haarlem, NL;
Frits Dautzenberg, San Diego, CA (US);
Jindra Purmova, Arnhem, NL;
Assignee:
Furanix Technologies B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 307/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Accordingly, the current invention provides a method for the manufacture of an ether or ester of 5-hydroxymethyl-furfural by reacting a hexose-containing starting material or HMF with an alcohol or an organic acid dissolved into an ionic liquid, using a metal chloride as catalyst.