Patent ID: 8277521
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: C07D,C10G,C10L,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for the manufacture of a mixture of a furfural and a 5-alkoxymethylfurfural derivative by reacting a hexose and pentose-containing starting material with an aliphatic C1-C20 alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst, resulting in a mixture of furfural and a 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural, followed by the hydrogenation of the mixture of furfural and 5-alkoxymethylfurfural to form a hydrogenation product and the etherification of the hydrogenation product to convert the aldehyde function of both 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural and furfural into an alkoxymethyl function.