Solute-enhanced production of gamma-valerolactone (GVL) from aqueous solutions of levulinic acid

Dumesic, James A; Wettstein, Stephanie G; Alonso, David Martin; Gurbuz, Elif Ispir

Solute-enhanced production of gamma-valerolactone (GVL) from aqueous solutions of levulinic acid

Patent · Tue Feb 24 04:00:00 EST 2015

OSTI ID:1170743

Dumesic, James A; Wettstein, Stephanie G; Alonso, David Martin; Gurbuz, Elif Ispir

A method to produce levulinic acid (LA) and gamma-valerolactone (GVL) from biomass-derived cellulose or lignocellulose by selective extraction of LA using GVL and optionally converting the LA so isolated into GVL, with no purifications steps required to yield the GVL.

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Research Organization:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: FC02-07ER64494

Assignee:: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)

Patent Number(s):: 8,962,867

Application Number:: 13/327,468

OSTI ID:: 1170743

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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