495 results about "1,4-Butanediol" patented technology

A process of isolating 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO) from a fermentation broth includes separating a liquid fraction enriched in 1,4-BDO from a solid fraction comprising cells, removing water from said liquid fraction, removing salts from said liquid fraction, and purifying 1,4-BDO. A process for producing 1,4-BDO includes culturing a 1,4-BDO-producing microorganism in a fermentor for a sufficient period of time to produce 1,4-BDO. The 1,4-BDO-producing microorganism includes a microorganism having a 1,4-BDO pathway having one or more exogenous genes encoding a 1,4-BDO pathway enzyme and/or one or more gene disruptions. The process for producing 1,4-BDO further includes isolating 1,4-BDO.

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms comprising a 1,4-butanediol (BDO) pathway comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a BDO pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce BDO and further optimized for expression of BDO. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce BDO.

Decontaminated crushed polyethylene terephthalate is converted to decontaminated PBT withtout requiring a catalyst by mixing with 1,4-butanediol under reduced pressure, transeterifying at 120-190° C., distilling off ethanediol and tetrahydrofuran under sub-atomspheric pressure. The method lowers costs, and decreases wasteful by-products and removes contaminants present in post-consumer PET, (e.g. paper, pigments, plastics, dyes, mineral sands, and clays) and chemical and water insoluble contaminants.

A process for making modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers from a polyethylene terephthalate component includes reacting an oligomeric diol component selected from the group consisting of bis(hydroxybutyl)terephthalate, bis(hydroxybutyl)isophthalate, hydroxybutyl-hydroxyethyl terephthalate, and combinations thereof to a reactor; (i) a polyethylene terephthalate component selected from the group consisting of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate copolymers with (ii) a diol component selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof, in the reactor under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a first molten mixture; combining the first molten mixture is combined with 1,4-butanediol under conditions to form a second molten mixture; and placing the second molten mixture under conditions sufficient to produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. Also described are compositions and articles made from the process.

The invention relates to a process for making modified polybutylene terephththalate random copolymers from a polyethylene terephthalate component. The invention relates to a three step process in which a diol component selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof reacts with a polyethylene terephthalate component under conditions sufficient to depolymerize the polyethylene terephthalate component into a first molten mixture; and where the first molten mixture is combined with 1,4-butanediol under conditions that create a second molten mixture that is subsequently placed under subatmospheric conditions that produce the modified polybutylene terephthalate random copolymers. The invention also relates to compositions made from the process.

The invention belongs to the technical field of polymer preparation, and especially relates to a preparation method of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. The method comprises the following steps: 1, putting 1,4-cyclohexyl diisocyanate, polyethylene glycol adipate, 1,4-butylene glycol, a lubricant and a hydrolysis resistance agent in a blender, fully stirring, and fully plastifying in a high-temperature plastifying machine or a high-temperature internal mixer to obtain a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer matrix; 2, processing an inorganic nanofiller by a silane coupling agent to obtain an modified inorganic nanofiller; and 3, dissolving the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer matrix in tetrahydrofuran, adding the modified inorganic nanofiller, mechanically stirring, removing tetrahydrofuran, and carrying out film forming to obtain the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer. Compared with the prior art, the method provided by the invention can effectively increase the heat resistance, the mechanical performances and the ageing resistance of the polyurethane elastomer on the premise that the comprehensive performances of the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer do not decrease.

Three biosynthetic pathways are disclosed for microorganism bio-production of 1,4-Butanediol from various carbon sources. Exemplary methods are provided. The recombinant microorganisms comprising any of these 1,4-Butanediol biosynthesis pathways may also comprise genetic modifications directed to improved tolerance for 1,4-Butanediol.

Embodiments of the invention relate to the enzymatic conversion of bioderived feedstocks to commercially valuable chemicals. The enzymatic conversions of the embodiments of the invention offer the potential for lower cost routes to these value-added chemicals. Some of the chemicals that are useful include nylon intermediates such as caprolactam, adipic acid, 1,6-hexamethylene diamine; butanediols such as 1,4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, and 2,3-butanediol; butanols such as 1-butanol, and 2-butanol; succinic acid, butadiene, isoprene, and 3-hydroxypropanoic acid.

The invention provides non-naturally occurring microbial organisms comprising a 1,4-butanediol (BDO), 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine pathway comprising at least one exogenous nucleic acid encoding a BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine pathway enzyme expressed in a sufficient amount to produce BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine and further optimized for expression of BDO. The invention additionally provides methods of using such microbial organisms to produce BDO, 4-hydroxybutyryl-CoA, 4-hydroxybutanal or putrescine.

The present invention provides an ester plasticizer, particularly, a plasticizer for a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, and a plastic comprising the plasticizer. More concretely, the present invention provides a plasticizer prepared by the esterification reaction of 1,4-butanediol and organic acid.

When a polyvinyl chloride resin composition is manufactured using the ester plasticizer of the present invention, there are advantages in that a product having excellent plasticizing efficiency can be obtained, and in that the physical properties such as tensile strength and the like of the product are improved.

A process comprises depolymerizing, with 1,4-butane diol, a first polymer comprising a polyethylene terephthalate component in the presence of at least one second polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chlorides, polyvinylidene chlorides, polyamides, polylactic acid, and combinations thereof to produce a molten mixture; and polymerizing the molten mixture under conditions sufficient to form a modified polybutylene terephthalate copolymer. The modified PBT comprises (a) at least one polyethylene terephthalate component residue, and (b) a member selected from the group consisting of (i) the at least one second polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinyl chlorides, polyvinylidene chlorides, polyamides, polylactic acid, and combinations thereof; (ii) the at least one residue derived from the second polymer; and (iii) combinations thereof.

A thermoplastic polyester composition comprising, based on the total weight of the composition, a chlorine- and bromine-free combination of: from 40 to 60 wt % of a modified poly(1,4-butylene terephthalate); from 25 to 35 wt % of a reinforcing filler; from 2 to 8 wt % of a flame retardant synergist selected from the group consisting of melamine polyphosphate, melamine cyanurate, melamine pyrophosphate, melamine phosphate, and combinations thereof; from 5 to 15 wt % of a phosphinate salt flame retardant; from more than 0 to less than 5 wt % of an impact modifier component comprising a poly(ether-ester) elastomer and a (meth)acrylate impact modifier; from more than 0 to 5 wt % poly(tetrafluoroethylene) encapsulated by a styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer; from more than 0 to 2 wt % of a stabilizer; wherein the thermoplastic polyester composition contains less than 5 wt % of a polyetherimide.

The invention relates to an anion chromatographic column a preparation method thereof, particularly relates to a preparation method of a surface-grafting anion chromatography stationary phase. The method disclosed herein is characterized by: preparing monodispersed linear polystyrene microspheres seeds by dispersion polymerization, activating the seeds, then synthesizing polystyrene-divinyl benzene-glycidyl methacrylate microballoons by one-step seed swelling method, and extracting to remove the pore forming agent; adopting multi-step grafting synthetic method, taking methylamine and 1,4-butanediol diglycidyl ether as raw materials, and introducing a large amount of positively charged quaternary ammonium groups as the anion exchange functional group to the surface of the prepared polystyrene-divinyl benzene-glycidyl methacrylate microballoons; and packing by homogenate method. According to the invention, the method disclosed herein has the advantages of low cost and simple process, the prepared filling material has uniform granularity and has no need to be screened, and the particle size distribution is narrow.

A provided modified PBS material is characterized by comprising, in parts by weight, 90-99 parts of copolyester, 0.05-5 parts of an initiator, 1-5 parts of a crosslinking agent and 0-0.8 part of an anti-oxidant. The copolyester is a copolyester of succinic acid and/or anhydride thereof, and an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and/or anhydride thereof, and 1,4-butanediol, and an optional other aliphatic dibasic acid and/or anhydride thereof and/or dihydric alcohol. The material is environment-friendly, has relatively high heat distortion temperature and mechanical strength, and has important industrial application value.

A discharge capacity retention of a non-aqueous secondary battery is enhanced by incorporating into its non-aqueous electrolytic solution a small amount of a substituted diphenyldisulfide derivative in which each of the diphenyl groups has a substituent such as alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyloxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, alkanesulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, alkoxycarbonyloxy, aryloxycarbonyloxy, halogen, CF₃, CCl₃, or CBr₃. Preferably, a small amount of methyl 2-propylcarbonate, 2-propynyl methanesulfonate, 1,3-propanesultone, divinylsulfone, 1,4-butanediol dimethanesulfonate or cyclohexylbenzene is further incorporated.

The invention discloses a water-based polyurethane composite emulsion and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method is characterized by comprising the following steps: by using acetone or butanone and acrylic monomer as solvents, polymerizing diisocyanate (HDI), isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI), mixed polyester polyalcohol, dihydroxymethylpropionic acid, 1,4-butanediol, trimethylolpropane monoene propyl ether, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate to obtain carboxylic polyurethane; neutralizing with tertiary amine, and removing the solvents to obtain a self-emulsified double-bond-containing water-based polyurethane anionic emulsion; and by using the emulsion as a seed, adding acrylate monomer and a right amount interpenetrating-network crosslinking agent monomer to carry out pre-emulsification, and carrying out seed emulsion polymerization to obtain the composite emulsion in an interpenetrating network structure. The invention has the advantages of energy saving, environmental protection, high early bonding force, safe and reliable technique and stable product quality.

A semiconductor wafer cleaning formulation for use in post plasma ashing semiconductor fabrication comprising at least one organic chelating agent and at least one polar solvent, wherein the chelating agent and polar solvent are in sufficient amounts to effectively remove inorganic compound residue from a semiconductor wafer. Preferably, the chelating agent is selected from the group consisting of 2,4-Pentanedione, Malonic acid, Oxalic acid, p-Toluenesulfonic acid, and Trifluoroacetic acid; and the polar solvent is selected from the group consisting of Water, Ethylene glycol, N-Methylpyrrolidone (NMP), Gamma butyrolactone (BLO), Cyclohexylpyrrolidone (CHP), Sulfolane, 1,4-Butanediol, and Butyl carbitol.