Annelotech develops process for converting biomass to chemical raw materials

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 48 KB
• Volume: 2011
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(11)70039-3

✦ Synopsis

acetocyanohydrin route to MMA but without the sulfuric acid. It also has the added benefit of being able to manufacture MMA and methacrylic acid at the same time, with yields of 95%, up to around 10% higher than traditional processes. Evonik will decide in 2011 on the location of the new plant, which will go online in 2014.