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US 2010/0058650 A1Published application
Hydroxymethylfurfural ethers from sugars or hmf and mixed alcohols
AssigneeFuranix Technologies B.V.
InventorsGerardus Johannes Maria Gruter, Leo Ernest Manzer
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Abstract
Accordingly, the current invention provides a method for the manufacture of a mixture of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural ethers by reacting a hexose-containing starting material or HMF with mixed alcohols in the presence of an acid catalyst.
Claims22
A method for the manufacture of a mixture of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural ethers by reacting a hexose-containing starting material or HMF with a mixture of at least two dissimilar alcohols, with the second alcohol present in an amount of at least 5 vol. % on the alcohol mixture, in the presence of an acid catalyst.
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