Patent ID: 9045448
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for the de-carbonation of a carbohydrate to form acetone or 2-butanone therefrom, comprising: combining a carbohydrate selected from the group consisting of: mono-, di-, oligo-, and poly-saccharides, starches, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lingo-cellulosic biomass with a material selected from the group consisting of: oxides and hydroxides of alkaline-earth metals, said carbohydrate and said material being combined in a material:carbohydrate ratio of between about 0.2:1 and about 5:1 by stoichiometry and a temperature between about 100° C. and about 450° C., to form said acetone or 2-butanone.