Synthesis of diesel and jet fuel range alkanes with furfural and ketones from lignocellulose under solvent free conditions?

Green Chemistry Pub Date: 2014-09-15 DOI: 10.1039/C4GC01314J

Abstract

Under solvent-free conditions, C9–C12 alkanes were first synthesized at high overall carbon yield (~80%) by the solid base catalyzed aldol condensation of furfural with 2-pentanone (or a mixture of 2-pentanone and 2-heptanone) from lignocellulose, followed by direct hydrodeoxygenation over Pd loaded solid acid catalysts at 533 K.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of diesel and jet fuel range alkanes with furfural and ketones from lignocellulose under solvent free conditions
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