Recovery of sugars from ionic liquid biomass liquor by solvent extraction
The present invention provides for a composition comprising a solution comprising (a) an ionic liquid (IL) or ionic liquid-aqueous (ILA) phase and (b) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises a sugar and a boronic acid. The present invention also provides for a method of removing a sugar from a solution, comprising: (a) providing a solution comprising (i) an IL or ILA phase and (ii) an organic phase, wherein the solution comprises an IL, a sugar and a boronic acid; (b) contacting the sugar with the boronic acid to form a sugar-boronic acid complex, (c) separating the organic phase and the aqueous phase, wherein the organic phase contains the sugar-boronic acid complex, and optionally (d) separating the sugar from the organic phase.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Assignee:
- Sandia Corporation (Livermore, CA) The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
- Patent Number(s):
- 9,157,130
- Application Number:
- 13/434,714
- OSTI ID:
- 1223110
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 2012 Mar 29
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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