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Title: Switchable ionic liquids for biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis

Abstract

In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for preparing a sugar composition. The method includes: forming a mixture including polysaccharide biomass and an ionic liquid solution, wherein the ionic liquid solution contains water and an ionic liquid, and wherein the ionic liquid contains a dicarboxylic acid anion and a cation. The pH of the mixture is greater than or equal to about 10, and the molar ratio of the dicarboxylic acid anion to the cation is at least about 1:2. The method further includes: maintaining the mixture under conditions sufficient to dissolve at least a portion of the polysaccharide present in the polysaccharide biomass; reducing the pH of the mixture containing the dissolved polysaccharide to at least about 7; adding at least one glycoside hydrolase to the mixture having the reduced pH.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1840440
Patent Number(s):
11118204
Application Number:
15/523,355
Assignee:
National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS C08H - DERIVATIVES OF NATURAL MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS
C - CHEMISTRY C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE {
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 10/30/2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Liszka, Michael, Sale, Kenneth, and Simmons, Blake A. Switchable ionic liquids for biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. United States: N. p., 2021. Web.
Liszka, Michael, Sale, Kenneth, & Simmons, Blake A. Switchable ionic liquids for biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis. United States.
Liszka, Michael, Sale, Kenneth, and Simmons, Blake A. Tue . "Switchable ionic liquids for biomass pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1840440.
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