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The invention provides method for producing high selectivity trans-crotonic acid from bio-based resource wherein the steps comprise of treatment of poly(3-hydroxbutyrate) (PHB) biomass with mild alkali; and thermal degradation of the PHB biomass. Crotonic acid, a dehydrated monomer of PHB, can be obtained by thermal degradation under controlled temperature and retention time. Currently, crotonic acid is chemically synthesized via non-renewable resources. As an alternative, it can be produced biologically within cells in its hydrated polymer PHB form, and subsequently pyrolyzed to obtain crotonic acid.The invention also provides a method of producing crotonic acid by thermal degradation of wet or dry PHB biomass in the presence of magnesium compound. The present invention provides a method for treating PHB Biomass with low concentration of sodium hydroxide with molarity in between 0.05-0.1M.
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| Item Type: | Patent |
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| Application Number: | PI2014702609 |
| Filing Date: | 2014-09-12 |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences |
| Keywords: | Trans-crotonic acid; Bio-based resource |
| Depositing User: | Mohd Hafiz Che Mahasan |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Apr 2015 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Sep 2016 02:32 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/33967 |
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