Abstract
The present invention concerns a process for converting biomass into useful organic building blocks for the chemical industry. The process involves the use of vanadium-based catalysts of the formula Aα+a(VvXxR1yR2z)α*a-, which may be readily prepared from industrial vanadium compounds, for converting a polyol in a solvent.
| Original language | English |
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| IPC | C07C 33/ 02 A I |
| Patent number | WO2016101958 |
| Filing date | 22/12/2014 |
| Country/Territory | International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) |
| Priority date | 22/12/2014 |
| Priority number | EP20140199764 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Jun 2016 |