Thomas Page Taylor
Accountancy at Costilla Pl, Littleton, CO

License number
Colorado 6573
Issued Date
Sep 24, 1981
Renew Date
Sep 14, 1994
Expiration Date
Sep 14, 1994
Type
Certified Public Accountant
Address
Address
3925 E Costilla Pl, Littleton, CO 80122

Professional information

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Variations On Prins-Like Chemistry To Produce 2,5-Dimethylhexadiene From Isobutanol

US Patent:
2012027, Oct 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr 19, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/451026
Inventors:
Thomas Jackson Taylor - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Joshua D. Taylor - Evergreen CO, US
Matthew W. Peters - Highlands Ranch CO, US
David E. Henton - Midland MI, US
Assignee:
Gevo, Inc. - Englewood CO
International Classification:
C07C 1/207
US Classification:
585321, 585327
Abstract:
The method of the present invention provides a high yield pathway to 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from renewable isobutanol, which enables economic production of renewable p-xylene (and subsequently, terephthalic acid, a key monomer in the production of PET) from isobutanol. In addition, the present invention provides methods for producing 2,5-dimethylhexadiene from a variety of feed stocks that can act as “equivalents” of isobutylene and/or isobutyraldehyde including isobutanol, isobutylene oxide, and isobutyl ethers and acetals. Catalysts employed in the present methods that produce 2,5-dimethylhexadiene can also catalyze alcohol dehydration, alcohol oxidation, epoxide rearrangement, and ether and acetal cleavage.


Thomas Taylor Photo 2

Renewable Xylenes Produced From Bological C4 And C5 Molecules

US Patent:
2012017, Jul 5, 2012
Filed:
Nov 1, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/286741
Inventors:
Matthew W. Peters - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Joshua D. Taylor - Evergreen CO, US
Thomas Jackson Taylor - Highlands Ranch CO, US
Leo E. Manzer - Wilmington DE, US
Assignee:
GEVO, Inc. - Englewood CO
International Classification:
C12P 5/00
US Classification:
435166
Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method for preparing renewable and relatively high purity p-xylene from biomass, and from Cmolecules in particular. For example, biomass treated to provide a fermentation feedstock is fermented with a microorganism capable of producing a Calcohol such as 3-methyl-1-butanol, followed by dehydration to provide a Calkene such as 3-methyl-1-butanol, forming one or more Colefins such as 2,5-dimethyl-3-hexene via metathesis, then dehydrocyclizing the Colefins in the presence of a dehydrocyclization catalyst to selectively form renewable p-xylene with high overall yield.