Patent ID: 9382185
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: C07C,C10G,C10L,C12P,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method for producing oxygenated compounds from a biomass-derived feedstock, the method comprising: (a) providing an aqueous feedstock, the aqueous feedstock comprising: (b) reacting at a temperature of less than 300° C. in a condensed liquid phase reaction or at a temperature of less than 600° C. in a vapor phase reaction a portion of the aqueous feedstock with hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of (i) a first deoxygenation catalyst comprising palladium, molybdenum, and tin on a zirconia support, and (ii) a second catalyst comprising platinum and rhenium on a zirconia support, to produce a reaction product comprising one or more oxygenated compounds selected from the group consisting of an alcohol, a ketone, a cyclic ether, a carboxylic acid, an aldehyde, a diol, and a polyol.