| Literature DB >> 23939751 |
Dajiang Liu1, Eugene Y-X Chen.
Abstract
Combo deal: Biomass furaldehydes are upgraded into oxygenated diesel and high-quality C10-12 linear alkane fuels. The first of two steps involves solvent-free self-condensation (Umpolung) through organocatalysis using an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC), yielding C10 -C12 furoin intermediates. In the metal-acid tandem catalysis step, in water, the furoin intermediates are converted into oxygenated biodiesel by hydrogenation, etherification or esterification; or into premium alkane jet fuels by hydrodeoxygenation.Entities:
Keywords: 5-hydroxymethylfurfural; biomass; carbenes; fuels; organocatalysis
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23939751 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201300476
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ChemSusChem ISSN: 1864-5631 Impact factor: 8.928