Method to produce water-soluble sugars from biomass using solvents containing lactones

Dumesic, James A.; Luterbacher, Jeremy S.

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Title: Method to produce water-soluble sugars from biomass using solvents containing lactones

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A process to produce an aqueous solution of carbohydrates that contains C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6 sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5 sugar monomers, or any combination thereof is presented. The process includes the steps of reacting biomass or a biomass-derived reactant with a solvent system including a lactone and water, and an acid catalyst. The reaction yields a product mixture containing water-soluble C6-sugar-containing oligomers, C6-sugar monomers, C5-sugar-containing oligomers, C5-sugar monomers, or any combination thereof. A solute is added to the product mixture to cause partitioning of the product mixture into an aqueous layer containing the carbohydrates and a substantially immiscible organic layer containing the lactone.

Inventors:: Dumesic, James A.; Luterbacher, Jeremy S.

Issue Date:: 2015-06-02

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

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1183449

Patent Number(s):: 9045804

Application Number:: 13/736,550

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

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07D - HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS

C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07H - SUGARS

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C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07D - HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
C07D307/46 - Doubly bound oxygen atoms, or two oxygen atoms singly bound to the same carbon atom
C07D307/50 - Preparation from natural products

C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07H - SUGARS
C07H3/06 - Oligosaccharides, i.e. having three to five saccharide radicals attached to each other by glycosidic linkages

C - CHEMISTRY C13 - SUGAR INDUSTRY C13K - SACCHARIDES, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, OBTAINED FROM NATURAL SOURCES OR BY HYDROLYSIS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING DI-, OLIGO- OR POLYSACCHARIDES
C13K1/00 - Glucose
C13K1/02 - obtained by saccharification of cellulosic materials
C13K1/06 - obtained by saccharification of starch or raw materials containing starch
C13K13/002 - {Xylose}

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E50/10 - Biofuels

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DOE Contract Number:: FC02-07ER64494

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS

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