Production of furans
AssigneeNederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO
InventorsMarc CROCKATT, Jan Harm URBANUS, Johannes Wouterus VAN GROENESTIJN, Martijn Constantijn DE KONING
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Abstract
The invention relates to obtaining furans from biomass. In particular, the invention relates to obtaining furans from polyols, such as tetrahydroxybutane. In accordance with the invention tetrahydroxybutane is converted to furan in the presence of a catalyst. The tetrahydroxybutane may be dissolved in a solvent such as water.
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Method for obtaining furan comprising providing tetrahydroxybutane and converting said tetrahydroxybutane to furan in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the tetrahydroxybutane is heated in the presence of the catalyst to a temperature of at least 130° C.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.