IP Library Granted Patent US 10,017,444
Granted Patent B2
US 10,017,444 · App. 15/480,068 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Method for the purification of natural vanillin

Inventors: Hubert Gayet (Saint-Priest, FR); Denis Revelant (Genas, FR); Martine Vibert (Lyons, FR)
Assignee: Rhodia Operations
C07C47/58
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Patent No.
US 10,017,444
App. No.
15/480,068
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a natural vanillin, which is in the form of an amorphous solid of which the color, in ethanolic solution at 10% by weight, is less than or equal to 200 Hazen, preferably less than or equal to 100 Hazen.

Claims (20)

1. A natural vanillin having a purity greater than or equal to 96% that is in the form of an amorphous solid of which the color, in ethanolic solution at 10% by weight, is less than or equal to 200 Hazen.

2. A natural vanillin according to claim 1 which can be obtained by means of a process comprising at least one step in which natural vanillin is evaporated.

3. A natural vanillin according to claim 1 having a purity greater than or equal to 98%.

4. A natural vanillin according to claim 3 having a purity greater than or equal to 99% and containing less than 1000 ppm of vanillyl alcohol.

5. A natural vanillin according to claim 1 having a purity of 96% to 98.9% and comprising up to 3% by weight of impurities.

6. A natural vanillin according to claim 5 characterized by organoleptic properties close to the organoleptic properties of vanilla pod.

7. A natural vanillin according claim 1 which is formed by direct solidification.

8. A natural vanillin according to claim 1 which is refined by milling or sieving.

9. A natural vanillin according to claim 2 having a purity greater than or equal to 98%.

10. A natural vanillin according to claim 9 having a purity greater than or equal to 99% and containing less than 1000 ppm of vanillyl alcohol.

11. A natural vanillin according to claim 2 having a purity of 96% to 98.9% and comprising up to 3% by weight of impurities.

12. A natural vanillin according to claim 11 characterized by organoleptic properties close to the organoleptic properties of vanilla pod.

13. A natural vanillin having a purity greater than or equal to 96% that is in the form of an amorphous solid of which the color, in ethanolic solution at 10% by weight, is less than or equal to 100 Hazen.

14. A natural vanillin according to claim 1 having a purity greater than or equal to 99%.

15. A natural vanillin according claim 1 which is formed by spalling, pelletizing or prilling, more preferably by spalling on a cylinder or on a belt.

16. A natural vanillin according claim 1 which is formed by spalling on a cylinder or on a belt.

17. A natural vanillin according to claim 2 having a purity greater than or equal to 99%.

18. A natural vanillin according to claim 13 having a purity greater than or equal to 99% and containing less than 1000 ppm of vanillyl alcohol.

19. A natural vanillin according to claim 13 having a purity of 96% to 98.9% and comprising up to 3% by weight of impurities.

20. A natural vanillin according to claim 13 characterized by organoleptic properties close to the organoleptic properties of vanilla pod.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2024
From: RHODIA OPERATIONS
To: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 066374/0642 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: RHODIA OPERATIONS
To: SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 065488/0365 →
Priority Claims (2)
FR 13 50617 · Jan 24, 2013 · national
FR 13 63444 · Dec 23, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14762384
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