Patent ID: 11884620
Assignee: NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A method to deconstruct a biomass, the method comprising: (a) introducing a solvent comprising a polyamine to a biomass to dissolve at least part of solid biomass in the solvent, wherein the polyamine is a Brønsted or Lewis base, and/or the polyamine is a hydrogen bond donor and/or acceptor; wherein the polyamine has the chemical structure:, , wherein X is C or N; and R1, R2, R3, and R4, are each independently —H, —NH2, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, alkyl amine, alkenyl amine, alkynyl amine, or aryl amine.