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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2012
Timothy Charles R. Brennan, Brisbane, AU;
Bradley M. Holmes, Oakland, CA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harvey W. Blanch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Charles R. Brennan, Brisbane, AU;
Bradley M. Holmes, Oakland, CA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Harvey W. Blanch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for a composition comprising a solution comprising (a) an ionic liquid (IL) or ionic liquid-aqueous (ILA) phase and (b) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises a sugar and a boronic acid. The present invention also provides for a method of removing a sugar from a solution, comprising: (a) providing a solution comprising (i) an IL or ILA phase and (ii) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises an IL, a sugar and a boronic acid; (b) contacting the sugar with the boronic acid to form a sugar-boronic acid complex, (c) separating the organic phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the organic phase contains the sugar-boronic acid complex, and optionally (d) separating the sugar from the organic phase.