Retro-aldol reaction products and methods of making and using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9573876-B2
Application number	US-201414773372-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2014
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

The presently disclosed and/or claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to retro-aldol reaction products and methods of making and using same. More particularly, but without limitation, the methods disclosed herein for producing the retro-aldol reaction products are performed in a non-aqueous/solvent-free based process. The reaction products obtained from the process include, for example, dihydroxyacetone, glyceraldehyde, glycolaldehyde, and combinations thereof. In one particular embodiment, the process of making such retro-aldol reaction products includes, without limitation, the step of mechanocatalytically reacting a heterogeneous catalyst with one or more sugar reactants.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for the production of an oxidized reaction product, comprising the step of catalytically reacting an amount of a polymer containing material and an oxidation catalyst in a non-aqueous and solvent-free environment for a period of time sufficient to produce the oxidized reaction product
wherein the oxidation catalyst is at least one of a solid metal oxide, a layered porphyrin-like material, and combinations thereof;
wherein the solid metal oxide comprises at least one of manganese oxides, cerium oxides, copper oxides, silver oxides, and combinations thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises a solid metal oxide comprising at least one of manganese oxides, cerium oxides, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises K-Birnessite.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises a layered porphyrin-like material.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises hexagonal carbon nitride.

Assignees

• Univ Of Central Florida Res Found
• Univ Central Florida Res Found Inc

Inventors

• Blair Richard

Classifications

• C07C45/60

  in six-membered rings · CPC title

• B01J23/10 Primary

  of rare earths · CPC title

• C07C47/58

  Vanillin · CPC title

• C07C65/21 Primary

  containing ether groups, [IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0958.gif] groups,[IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0959.gif] groups, or[IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0960.gif] groups · CPC title

• C07C51/16

  by oxidation (C07C51/145 takes precedence) · CPC title