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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Kenichi Tominaga, Ibaraki, JP;
Atsushi Mori, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Satoh, Ibaraki, JP;
Shigeru Shimada, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuneki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Tominaga, Ibaraki, JP;
Atsushi Mori, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Satoh, Ibaraki, JP;
Shigeru Shimada, Ibaraki, JP;
Hideaki Tsuneki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An alternative method for efficiently producing lactic acids from a carbohydrate-containing raw material such as cellulose is provided. The method for producing lactic acid and/or lactic acid ester comprises performing heat treatment on a carbohydrate-containing raw material in a solvent containing a catalyst, wherein the catalyst is at least one type of compound selected from the group consisting of a tin compound, an indium compound, and a rhenium compound, and the solvent contains water and/or alcohol.