Patents Assigned to Illovo Sugar Limited
  • Syntheses of 5,5?-diformyl-2-2?difuran and derivatives thereof
    Patent number: 6506285
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing 5,5′-diformyl-2,2′-difuran and derivatives thereof, including the steps of subjecting a reaction mixture of furfural or a derivative thereof to photochemical irradiation with a halogenated furfural in the presence of an acid scavenger and then harvesting the produced 5,5′-diformyl-2,2′-difuran and derivatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Illovo Sugar Limited
    Inventors: Gregory James Burger, Alan Douglas Wills