US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Sept. 30 for "Method for preparing acrylic acid from beta- propiolactone" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,362, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for preparing acrylic acid from beta- propiolactone" was invented by Louise Ponsard (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Nicolas Lentz (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Emmanuel Nicolas (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and Thibault Cantat (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for preparing acrylic acid from Beta-propiolactone and for using Beta-propiolactone. The process is based on a specific reactivity of Beta-propiolactone whereby acrylic acid is formed under operating conditions that are mild, especially in ...