2 March 2015
ABOUT MALONIC ACID
is currently a high-value specialty chemical useful
for production of a variety of
pharmaceuticals, flavors, fragrances, and specialty materials.
The petrochemical process to produce malonic acid
requires chloroacetic acid and sodium cyanide,
and is both costly and environmentally hazardous.
A versatile compound, malonic acid was identified
by the U.S. Department of Energy
as one of the "Top 30 Value Added Chemicals"
to be produced from biomass-derived sugar,
instead of petroleum.
DETAILS
announced today that it has successfully achieved
pilot scale production of malonic acid from sugar.
Lygos' novel manufacturing technology
decreases CO2 emissions, eliminates toxic inputs and
could replace the existing petroleum production process
for malonic acid at lower cost and less energy.
Lygos’ fermentation technology
is environmentally benign, scalable, and
enables production of malonic acid
at a lower cost than
the current petrochemical manufacturing process.
Lygos has identified over $1 billion
in derivative specialty and commodity chemicals that
can be accessed from malonic acid, and
developing its fermentation technology
is key to enabling these opportunities.
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