Process for the preparation of 3,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid and salts thereof

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:869182

Hollingsworth, Rawle I ^[1]

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1. Haslett, MI

A process for the preparation of 3,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid (1) and salts thereof from a glucose source containing 1,4-linked glucose as a substituent is described. The process uses an alkali metal hdyroxide and hydrogen peroxide to convert the glucose source to (1). The compound (1) is useful as a chemical intermediate to naturally occurring fatty acids and is used to prepare 3,4-dihydroxybutanoic acid-gamma-lactone (2) and furanone (3), particularly stereoisomers of these compounds.

• Research Organization: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-89ER14029
• Assignee: Board of Trustees Operating Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
• Patent Number(s): US 5292939
• OSTI ID: 869182
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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