Method for producing terephthalic acid from biomass resource, and method for producing polyester from biomass resource
AssigneeSchool Judicial Person Ikutoku Gakuen
InventorSeiji Nakagame
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a method that has less number of steps, improves the yield of terephthalic acid, and can inexpensively produce terephthalic acid from a biomass resource, while reducing the amount of energy consumption, and a method for producing polyester. The method for producing terephthalic acid comprises a step of converting a biomass resource or a compound derived from the biomass resource to p-tolualdehyde with a microbe. The method for producing polyester comprises a step of reacting terephthalic acid produced from a biomass resource with a diol compound to produce polyester.
Claims13
A method for producing terephthalic acid, comprising:
- a step of converting a biomass resource or a compound derived from the biomass resource to p-tolualdehyde with a microbe;
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- a step of biologically oxidizing the converted p-tolualdehyde by use of the microbe to produce terephthalic acid,
- wherein the microbe belongs to the family Meruliaceae.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.