Production of 1,6-hexanediol from adipic acid (US Patent 10150719)

Patent number: 10150719 Kind code: B2 Granted: 2018-12-11 Filed: 2014-08-22 Inventors: Vincent J. Murphy (San Jose, CA, US); Eric L. Dias (Belmont, CA, US); James A. W. Shoemaker (Gilroy, CA, US) Assignees: Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (Decatur, IL, US) CPC: B01J 21/18; B01J 23/40; C01B 17/508

Abstract

Processes are disclosed for the conversion of adipic acid to 1,6-hexanediol employing a chemocatalytic reaction in which an adipic acid substrate is reacted with hydrogen in the presence of particular heterogeneous