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US 11,077,435 B2Granted
Catalyst and method for fractionating lignocellulosic material
AssigneeWiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.
InventorsMalek Alkasrawi, Joynal Abedin
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Abstract
Various embodiments disclosed relate to solid catalysts that convert lignocellulosic material to monomer sugars that are suitable for fermentation. The solid catalysts include a transition metal complex attached to a magnetic bead, and can be physically separated from a fermentation mixture and reused several times.
Claims20
A catalyst having the structure:
- wherein X is a counterion;
- L is a linker group;
- MB is a magnetic metal-containing bead;
- and
- R1 and R2 is each C1-10 alkyl, C7-10 aralkyl, C6-C12 aryl, or C2-8 heterocyclyl, each of which is optionally substituted.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.