Device and method of obtaining diols and other chemicals using decarboxylation
US9957622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P30/20
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for converting carboxylic acids (including carboxylic acids derived from biomass) into hydrocarbons. The produced hydrocarbons will generally have at least two oxygen containing substituents (or other substituents). In one example of application, the electrolysis converts alkali salts of carboxylic acids into diols which can then be used as solvents or be dehydrated to produce dienes, which can then be used to produce elastic polymeric materials. This process allows custom synthesis of high value chemicals from renewable feed stocks such as carboxylic acids derived from biomass.
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