Methods of producing para-xylene and terephthalic acid

• Main Authors: Masuno, Makoto N, Smith, Patrick B, Brune, Katherine, Hirsch-Weil, Dimitri A, Stark, Edmund J, Smith, Ryan L, Dumitrascu, Adina, Bissell, II, John, Henton, Daniel R, Hucul, Dennis A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.08.2019
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

The present disclosure provides methods to produce para-xylene, toluene, and other compounds from renewable sources (e.g., cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, sugar) and ethylene in the presence of a catalyst. For example, cellulose and/or hemicellulose may be converted into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), w...