Licensing Opportunities
INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL TRANSESTERIFICATION CATALYSTS (Patent WO2011 157645)
Transesterification is a crucial step in several industrial processes such as the production of higher acrylates, polyethylene terephthalate, biodiesel, polylactic acid, active pharmaceutical ingredients, etc.
Catalysts used to accelerate these reactions are mainly alkali metal alkoxides or hydroxides and metal alkoxides based on Ti or Sn. In specific cases mineral acids, non-ionic bases and enzymes are used. However, these conventional catalysts suffer from a variety of drawbacks, especially if other functional groups such as unsaturated bonds, amines are present in the reactant ester or alcohol.
EcoSynth has developed innovative industrial transesterification catalysts. These catalysts have the following advantages:
- Easy preparation (mixture of two known salts)
- Inexpensive
- Selective
- High tolerance towards functional groups
- Non toxic
- Easy separation
- Reusable with no reduced activity
- Reduced tolerance towards water (no predrying necessary)
TARGET
- New chemical process development
- Acrylates in chemical production and heterocyclic esters in pharmaceutical process development
For more information on our licensing opportunities please contact Luc Lammens ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) at Innofocus.
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