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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Lucite International Uk Limited, Southampton, Hampshire, GB;
Inventors:
Graham Ronald Eastham, Redcar, GB;
David William Johnson, Redcar, GB;
Adrianus Johannes Jozef Straathof, LG Delft, NL;
Marco Wilhemus Fraaije, AG Groningen, NL;
Remko Tsjibbe Winter, AG Groningen, NL;
Assignee:
LUCITE INTERNATIONAL UK LIMITED, Southhampton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2006.01); C12N 9/02 (2006.01); C07C 67/343 (2006.01); C08F 220/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 7/62 (2013.01); C07C 67/343 (2013.01); C08F 220/10 (2013.01); C12N 9/0073 (2013.01); C12Y 114/13022 (2013.01); C12Y 114/13084 (2013.01); C12Y 114/13092 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention includes a process of producing methyl methacrylate or derivatives thereof is described. The process includes the steps of converting 2-butanone to methyl propionate using a Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase, and treating the methyl propionate produced to obtain methyl methacrylate or derivatives thereof. A method of preparing polymers or copolymers of methyl methacrylate or its derivatives is also described.