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US 2014/0110070 A1Published application
Method for catalytic oxidation of cellulose and method for making a cellulose product
AssigneeUpm-Kymmene Corporation
InventorsTapani Vuorinen, Timo Pääkkönen, Markus Nuopponen
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Abstract
In a method for catalytic oxidation of cellulose a heterocyclic nitroxyl radical is used as catalyst, hypochlorite is used as main oxidant acting as oxygen source, and a tertiary amine or chlorine dioxide as an activator of the heterocyclic nitroxyl radical.
Claims59
1-29. (canceled)
A method for catalytic oxidation of cellulose using a heterocyclic nitroxyl radical as catalyst, main oxidant acting as oxygen source, and an activator of the heterocyclic nitroxyl radical, wherein
- the activator is selected from tertiary amines and chlorine dioxide, and
- hypochlorite is used a the main oxidant together with the tertiary amine or chlorine dioxide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.