PROCESS FOR PRODUCING LEVOGLUCOSENONE

• Main Authors: RITTER, JOACHIM C, CARLSON, TORREN RYAN, STAUFFER, CHRISTINA S
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 23.06.2016
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Disclosed herein are processes for producing levoglucosenone. In one embodiment, a carbohydrate feedstock is contacted with a first solvent and a homogeneous acid at a at a first temperature between about 20 °C and about 35 °C and for a first reaction time; the solvent is then removed to obtain an a...