Process for the production of xylitol
The present invention discloses a method for producing a pentitol. The present invention relates to a method for producing pentitols from hexoses. Specifically, xylitol is obtained from glucose in a reaction comprising a sequence of only two separate steps. Glucose is fermented to arabinitol and che...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The present invention discloses a method for producing a pentitol. The present invention relates to a method for producing pentitols from hexoses. Specifically, xylitol is obtained from glucose in a reaction comprising a sequence of only two separate steps. Glucose is fermented to arabinitol and chemically isomerised to a pentitol mixture comprising xylitol.
The present invention relates to a process for the production of xylitol. Specifically the process comprises two reaction steps. The first step is the fermentative conversion of a hexose to a pentitol. The second step is the catalytic chemical isomerisation of the pentitol to xylitol. Optionally, the xylitol is separated from the other pentitols. |
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