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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2014
E I Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Alan Martin Allgeier, Wilmington, DE (US);
Torren Ryan Carlson, Newark, DE (US);
David Richard Corbin, West Chester, PA (US);
Wathudura Indika Namal De Silva, Rahway, NJ (US);
Ekaterini Korovessi, Wilmington, DE (US);
Carl Andrew Menning, Newark, DE (US);
Joachim C Ritter, Wilmington, DE (US);
Sourav Kumar Sengupta, Wilmington, DE (US);
E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are processes for preparing an α,ω-C-diol, wherein n is 5 or greater, from a feedstock comprising a Coxygenate. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen gas in the presence of a catalyst comprising Pt, Cu, Ni, Pd, Pt, Rh, Ir, Ru, or Fe on a WOor WOsupport. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting the feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst comprising a metal M1 and a metal M2 or an oxide of M2, and optionally a support. In one embodiment, M1 is Pd, Pt, or Ir; and M2 is Mo, W, V, Mn, Re, Zr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cr, Ge, Sn, Ti, Au, or Co. The Coxygenate may be obtained from a biorenewable resource.