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Materials & Chemicals
Materials Chemicals
CATALYTIC METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DIFRUCTOSE ANHYDRIDE
WARF: P230017US02

Inventors: Ive Hermans, Nelson Cardona Martínez, Isabel Hortal-Sánchez, Edgard Lebron Rodriguez, Wei-Shang Lo, Faysal Ibrahim


The Invention

UW-Madison researchers, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Puerto Rico, have identified a method to produce DFA using a heterogeneous catalyst (Sn-Beta zeolite), solvent (gamma-valerolactone (GVL)), at moderate temperatures (125-155oC), and in the absence of water.

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