US Patent Issued to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research on Aug. 12 for "Process for the synthesis of Furandicarboxylic acid" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,755, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Delhi).

"Process for the synthesis of Furandicarboxylic acid" was invented by Chandrashekhar Vasant Rode (Maharashtra, India), Mahesh Shantappa Dharne (Maharashtra, India) and Roopa Dhanraj Parate (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a process for the synthesis of Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) comprising heating a mixture of fructose, aqueous NaCl or KCl, solvent, methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) and a catalyst at a temperature in the range of 150 to 200deg C. in a sealed vessel for a time period in the...