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US 12,630,490 B2Granted
Process for preparation of a sugar alcohol
AssigneesDdp Specialty Electronic Materials US 8, LLC, Dupont Safety & Construction, Inc.
InventorsJose Antonio Trejo OReilly, Sourav Kumar Sengupta, Jonathan M. Bingaman
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Abstract
A method for reduction of sugars. The first step is providing a solution of a sugar comprising from five to twenty carbon atoms. The second step is contacting said solution with hydrogen gas and a catalyst. The catalyst is an ion exchange resin comprising Ru.
Claims11
A method for reduction of sugars to sugar alcohols;
- said method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a solution of a sugar comprising from five to twenty carbon atoms;
- and
- b) contacting said solution with hydrogen gas and a catalyst;
- wherein said catalyst comprises an ion exchange resin comprising Ru;
- and
- wherein the total loading of Ru on the ion exchange resin is from 0.5 to 200 g/liter of resin.
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