Abstract: A process for preparing any substance capable of forming a clathrate with a gas may start from a mixture in solution or in suspension of this substance with other components. This mixture is contacted with a gas to form a clathrate with the substance, a precipitate is collected, and the substance is recovered. The invention is especially useful for purifying .alpha.-cyclodextrin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 1994
Date of Patent:
December 31, 1996
Assignee:
Chemoxal
Inventors:
Henry Ledon, Pierre Larnicol, Marie-Jeanne Desmurs, Michel Dupont