80 results about "Glucaric Acid" patented technology

A method of oxidising carbohydrates and / or carbohydrate derivatives having primary alcohol groups comprising contacting a reaction medium containing said carbohydrates and / or carbohydrate derivatives with a nitroxy radical mediator and a peroxidase enzyme, characterized in that the initial reaction medium contains at least 10% by weight carbohydrates and / or carbohydrate derivatives, in that the peroxidase enzyme is an oilseed peroxidase and in that a hydroperoxide and an alkali compound are gradually added to the reaction medium such that its pH is maintained at between 3.5 and 10.0 (pH-Stat); use of said method in a process for producing gluconic acid, glucaric acid and / or D-glucuronolactone.

The present invention provides methods for producing a product of one or more enzymatic pathways. The pathways used in the methods of the invention involve one or more conversion steps such as, for example, an enzymatic conversion of guluronic acid into D-glucarate (Step 7); an enzymatic conversion of 5-ketogluconate (5-KGA) into L-Iduronic acid (Step 15); an enzymatic conversion of L-Iduronic acid into Idaric acid Step 7b); and an enzymatic conversion of 5-ketocluconate into 4,6-dihydroxy 2,5-diketo hexanoate (2,5-DDH) (Step 16). In some embodiments the methods of the invention produce 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) as a product. The methods include both enzymatic and chemical conversions as steps. Various pathways are also provided for converting glucose into 5-dehdyro-4-deoxy-glucarate (DDG), and for converting glucose into 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The methods also involve the use of engineered enzymes that perform reactions with high specificity and efficiency. Additional products that can be produce include metabolic products such as, but not limited to, guluronic acid, L-iduronic acid, idaric acid, glucaric acid. Any of the products can be produced using glucose as a substrate or using any intermediate in any of the methods or pathways of the invention.

The present invention relates to a method of producing glucaric acid. More particularly, provided is a method of producing glucaric acid, which comprises the steps of: (1) injecting aldohexose and potassium hydroxide to an aqueous solution; and (2) injecting a noble metal supported catalyst to the reactant in the presence of oxygen gas and inducing a catalytic oxidation reaction.