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Title: Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

Abstract

A method of making 1,5-pentanediol from tetrahydrofurfural alcohol. The method includes the steps of dehydrating tetrahydrofurfural alcohol (THFA) to dihydropyran (DHP); hydrating at least a portion of the DHP to 2-hydroxy-tetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) in the presence of a solid acid catalyst; and hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-HY-THP to 1,5-pentanediol. The method can be conducted entirely in the absence of noble metal catalysts.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1483644
Patent Number(s):
10077224
Application Number:
15/782,593
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0006878
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2017 Oct 12
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Huber, George Willis, Dumesic, James A., and Barnett, Kevin J. Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. United States: N. p., 2018. Web.
Huber, George Willis, Dumesic, James A., & Barnett, Kevin J. Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. United States.
Huber, George Willis, Dumesic, James A., and Barnett, Kevin J. Tue . "Production of 1,5-pentanediol via upgrading of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1483644.
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abstractNote = {A method of making 1,5-pentanediol from tetrahydrofurfural alcohol. The method includes the steps of dehydrating tetrahydrofurfural alcohol (THFA) to dihydropyran (DHP); hydrating at least a portion of the DHP to 2-hydroxy-tetrahydropyran (2-HY-THP) in the presence of a solid acid catalyst; and hydrogenating at least a portion of the 2-HY-THP to 1,5-pentanediol. The method can be conducted entirely in the absence of noble metal catalysts.},
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Crystalline Zeolite ZSM-5 and Method of Preparing the Same
patent, November 1972


Acidity of Keggin-Type Heteropolycompounds Evaluated by Catalytic Probe Reactions, Sorption Microcalorimetry, and Density Functional Quantum Chemical Calculations
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