skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Recovery of sugars from ionic liquid biomass liquor by solvent extraction

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1223110

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

References (24)

Process for manufacture of imidazoles patent January 2001
Method and Apparatus for Lignocellulose Pretreatment Using a Super-Cellulose-Solvent and Highly Volatile Solvents patent-application September 2009
Ionic Liquids in Biomass Processing book January 2009
Can ionic liquids dissolve wood? Processing and analysis of lignocellulosic materials with 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride journal January 2007
Regenerating cellulose from ionic liquids for an accelerated enzymatic hydrolysis journal January 2009
Dissolution of Wood in Ionic Liquids journal October 2007
High-throughput screening for ionic liquids dissolving (ligno-)cellulose journal May 2009
Improving enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat straw using ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium diethyl phosphate pretreatment journal July 2009
A novel biomass-ionic liquid platform for the utilization of native chitin journal April 2008
Ionic liquids as novel solvents for the dissolution and blending of wool keratin fibers journal January 2005
Enzymatic in situ saccharification of cellulose in aqueous-ionic liquid media journal February 2008
Acid in ionic liquid: An efficient system for hydrolysis of lignocellulose journal January 2008
Influence of water on the dissolution of cellulose in selected ionic liquids journal October 2008
The Path Ahead for Ionic Liquids journal July 2007
Controlling the Aqueous Miscibility of Ionic Liquids:  Aqueous Biphasic Systems of Water-Miscible Ionic Liquids and Water-Structuring Salts for Recycle, Metathesis, and Separations journal June 2003
Ionic liquid-based aqueous two-phase system, a sample pretreatment procedure prior to high-performance liquid chromatography of opium alkaloids journal November 2005
Wood liquefaction by ionic liquids journal August 2006
The preparation of lignocellulosic aerogels from ionic liquid solutions journal January 2009
A facile preparation of gel materials from a solution of cellulose in ionic liquid journal March 2008
Ionic Liquids and Their Interaction with Cellulose journal December 2009
Selection of ionic liquids as entrainers for separation of water and 2-propanol journal July 2007
Modeling solubilities of sugars in alcohols based on original experimental data journal January 2007
Preparation of nanoporous cellulose foams from cellulose-ionic liquid solutions journal August 2009
Influence of Extractives on the Analysis of Herbaceous Biomass journal February 1997