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US 2018/0201959 A1Published application
Production of d-sorbitol by hydrogenation
AssigneeDsm IP Assets B.V.
InventorsMae Joanne AGUILA, Hans-Peter HOHMANN, Laurent LEFORT, Jonathan Alan MEDLOCK, Guenter PAPPENBERGER
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel and inventive process for the production of sorbitol from D-sucrose.
Claims12
A process for the production of D-sorbitol from sucrose comprising a hydrogenation step in the presence of a transition metal-based complex, wherein the transition metal in the complex is selected from the group consisting of Ru, Ir, Pd, Pt, Rh, Fe, Os, Co and Ni, preferably selected from Ru or Ir.
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