US Patent Issued to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO on Jan. 20 for "Production of aromatic acids and phenolics" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,758, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek TNO ('s-Gravenhage, Netherlands).

"Production of aromatic acids and phenolics" was invented by Marc Crockatt ('s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to a process for the preparation of an aromatic acid or a phenolic compound, said process comprising reacting a dienophile and a furanic compound comprising an acetal moiety in a Diels-Alders reaction to obtain an aromatic compound comprising said acetal moiety, followed by hydrolysis and oxidation of said acetal moiety into a hyd...