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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Graham John Hutchings, Hereford and Worcester, GB;
Muhammad Hasnain Haider, South Glamorgan, GB;
Nicholas Francois Dummer, South Glamorgan, GB;
Stuart Hamilton Taylor, South Glamorgan, GB;
David William Knight, Vale of Glamorgan, GB;
Graham John Hutchings, Hereford and Worcester, GB;
Muhammad Hasnain Haider, South Glamorgan, GB;
Nicholas Francois Dummer, South Glamorgan, GB;
Stuart Hamilton Taylor, South Glamorgan, GB;
David William Knight, Vale of Glamorgan, GB;
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CARDIFF CONSULTANTS LIMITED, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, GB;
Abstract
A method of making one or more alcohols with a single hydroxy group, such as methanol and ethanol, the method comprising contacting a polyol and water with a basic catalyst. The polyol may be glycerol, for example. The catalyst may be magnesium oxide.