Appendix l-B— A Timetable for the Commercial Production of Compounds • 279 
Table Chemicals: Aliphatics 
Table l-B-9. — Energy Products 
Compound 
Acetic acid^ 
Acrylic acid® 
Adipic acid^ 
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) adipate 
Citronellal 
Citronellol 
Ethanol^ 
Ethanolamine 
Ethylene glycol® 
Ethylene oxide® 
Geraniol 
Glycerol® 
Isobutylene 
Itaconicacid 
Linalool 
Linalyl acetate 
Methane 
Nerol 
Pentaerythritol 
Propylene glycol® 
Sorbitol 
a-terpineol 
a-terpinyl acetate 
End use 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Plasticizer 
Flavor/perfume material 
Flavor/perfume material 
Miscellaneous acylic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Flavor/perfume material 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acyclic, 
flavor/perfume material 
Plastics/resin 
Flavor/perfume material 
Flavor/perfume material 
Primary petroleum product 
Flavor/perfume material 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Miscellaneous acylic 
Miscellaneous acyclic 
Flavor/perfume material 
Flavor/perfume material 
®lndicates compounds also identilied by the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology. The following additional chemicals were identified by MIT as 
amenable to biotechnological production methods: acetaldehyde, acetoin, 
acetone, acetylene, acrylic acid, butadiene, butanol, butyl acetate, 
butyraldehyde. dihydroxyacetone. ethyl acetate, ethyl acrylate, ethylene, for- 
maldehyde. isoprene. isopropanol, methanol, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl 
acrylate, propylene, propylene oxide, styrene, vinyl acetate. 
SOURCE: Cenex Corp. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 
Table l-B-8.— Chemicals: Aromatics and 
Miscellaneous 
Product category 
End use 
Aromatics 
Aniline 
Benzoic acid 
Cresols 
Phenol 
Phthalic anhydride 
Cinnamaldehyde 
Diisodecyl phthalate 
Dioctyle phthalate 
. . Cyclic intermediate 
. . Cyclic intermediate 
. . Cyclic intermediate 
. . Cyclic intermediate 
. . Cyclic intermediate 
. . Flavor/perfume material 
. . Plasticizer 
. . Plasticizer 
Inorganics 
Ammonia 
Hydrogen 
. . Manufacturing processes 
. . Manufacturing processes 
Enzymes 
Pepsin 
Bacillus protease 
. . Manufacturing processes 
. . Manufacturing processes 
Mineral leaching 
Transition metals (cobalt, 
nickel, manganese, iron). . . . 
Inorganic intermediates; 
catalysts 
Biodegradation 
. . Removal of organic 
phosphates, aryl 
sulfonates, and 
haloaromatics 
Product category 
End use 
Enzymes 
Ethanol dehydrogenase. 
Hydrogenase 
Manufacturing processes 
Manufacturing processes 
Biodegradation 
Petroleum byproducts removal 
Aliphatics 
Methane 
Ethanol 
Fuel 
Fuel 
Inorganics 
Hydrogen 
Fuel 
Mineral leaching 
Uranium 
Fuel 
SOURCE: Genx Corp. 
Table l-B-10.— Total Market Values for the 
Various Product Categories 
Product category 
Number of 
compounds 
Current value 
($ millions) 
Amino acids 
9 
$ 1,703.0 
Vitamins 
6 
667.7 
Enzymes 
11 
217.7 
Steroid hormones 
6 
376.8 
Peptide hormones 
9 
263.7 
Viral antigens 
9 
N/A 
Short peptides 
2 
4.4 
Nucleotides 
2 
72.0 
Miscellaneous proteins . . . 
2® 
300.0 
Antibiotics 
4b 
4,240.0 
Gene preparations 
3 
N/A 
Pesticides 
2b 
100.0 
Aliphatics: 
Methane 
1 
12,572.0 
Other 
24= 
2,737.5 
Aromatics 
10= 
1,250.9 
Inorganics 
2 
2,681.0 
Mineral leaching 
5 
N/A 
Biodegradation 
N/A 
N/A 
Totals 
107 
$27,186.7b 
®Only two of a number of compounds are considered here. 
*h"hese numbers refer to major classes of compounds; not actual numbers of 
compounds. 
'-These numbers refer only to those compounds representing the largest 
market volume in classes specified in the text. 
'^Current value excluding methane = $14,614,700,000. 
SOURCE: Cenex Corp. 
SOURCE: Cenex Corp. 
