BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RENEWABLY-BASED, BIODEGRADABLE 1.3-PROPANEDIOL

• Main Authors: POLADI, RAJA, HARI, PRASAD, FENYVESI, GYORGYI, PALEFSKY, IRWIN, A, DESALVO, JOSEPH, W, MILLER, ROBERT, MUSKA, CARL, F, WEHNER, ANN, JOERGER, MELISSA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 21.02.2008
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYES; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FILLING PASTES; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INKS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPIRITS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; VINEGAR; WINE; WOODSTAINS

Disclosed herein are biodegradable compositions comprising 1,3-propanediol, wherein the 1,3-propanediol in said biodegradable composition has a bio-based carbon content of about 1% to 100%. In addition, it is preferred that the 1,3-propanediol be biologically-derived, and wherein upon blodegradation, the biologically-derived 1,3-propanediol contributes no anthropogenic CO2 emissions to the atmosphere. L'invention concerne des compositions biodégradables comprenant du 1,3-propanediol, le 1,3-propanediol de la composition biodégradable présentant une teneur en carbone biologique comprise entre 1% et 100% environ. De plus, le 1,3-propanediol est de préférence obtenu par des moyens biologiques, et sa biodégradation ne produit pas d'émissions de CO2 d'origine anthropique dans l'atmosphère.