Chemicals from corn: much more than ethanol

Journal Article · Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 1982 · Chem. Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:5121639

A leading U.S. chemical company, A.E. Staley, Decatur, Ill., came onstream towards the end of 1981 with a pilot plant designed to produce methyl glucoside by fermentation from corn starch about half the cost of using conventional synthesis from hydrocarbons. The company aims ultimately to produce a line of corn-derived organic chemicals. Another company, CPC International, N.J., is selling corn raw materials - corn starch, corn syrup, dextrose - to chemical companies and then working with them to produce specific organic chemicals.

• OSTI ID: 5121639
• Journal Information: Chem. Week; (United States), Vol. 130:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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