Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and methionine using renewable raw materials
- Patent Title (中): 使用可再生原料制造甲基巯基丙醛和甲硫氨酸的方法
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Application No.: US13128927Application Date: 2009-11-19
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Publication No.: US08735631B2Publication Date: 2014-05-27
- Inventor: Jean-François Devaux , Jean-Luc Dubois
- Applicant: Jean-François Devaux , Jean-Luc Dubois
- Applicant Address: FR Colombes
- Assignee: Arkema France
- Current Assignee: Arkema France
- Current Assignee Address: FR Colombes
- Agency: Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
- Priority: FR0857886 20081120
- International Application: PCT/FR2009/052220 WO 20091119
- International Announcement: WO2010/058129 WO 20100527
- Main IPC: C07C319/14
- IPC: C07C319/14 ; C07C323/22 ; C07C323/58 ; A23K1/16

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing methylmercaptopropionaldehyde (MMP) including at least the following steps: (a) dehydrating glycerol to acrolein from an aqueous solution of glycerol in the presence of an acid catalyst; (b) purifying the aqueous flux from step (a) to obtain a flux of acrolein containing at least 15 wt % of water relative to the acrolein; (c) causing a reaction of the acrolein flux obtained in step (b) with methylmercaptan in the presence of a catalyst; (d) optionally purifying the product obtained in step (c). The method of the invention can also include a reaction of the product obtained in step (c) or (d) with hydrocyanic acid, or sodium cyanide during a step (e) followed by a subsequent transformation to produce methionine or methionine hydroxyanalogue, which can then optionally be purified. The additional use of methylmercaptan and/or hydrocyanic acid derived from biomass as raw materials in the method according to the invention makes it possible to obtain MMP, methionine or methionine hydroxyanalogue made up of 100% organic carbon from renewable sources.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110229626A1 Method for Manufacturing Methylmercaptopropionaldehyde and Methionine Using Renewable Raw Materials Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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