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Process for the preparation of D-arabitol

  • US 5,846,794 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1997
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process for the preparation of D-arabitol, wherein it comprises the following stages:

  • hydrolysis of a lactose solution,oxidation of the mixture of glucose and galactose thus obtained to a mixture of gluconic and galactonic acids,decarboxylation of this mixture of gluconic and galactonic acids to a mixture of D-arabinose and D-lyxose,catalytic hydrogenation of this mixture of D-arabinose and D-lyxose to D-arabitol.

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