Synthesis of jet fuel range branched cycloalkanes with mesityl oxide and 2-methylfuran from lignocellulose.
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SUBMITTER: Li S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5007666 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
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Synthesis of jet fuel range branched cycloalkanes with mesityl oxide and 2-methylfuran from lignocellulose.
Li Shanshan S Li Ning N Wang Wentao W Li Lin L Wang Aiqin A Wang Xiaodong X Zhang Tao T
Scientific reports 20160901
Jet fuel range branched cycloalkanes with high density (0.82 g mL(-1)) and low freezing point (217-219 K) was first prepared by the solvent-free intramolecular aldol condensation of the trione from the hydrolysis of the alkylation product of mesityl oxide and 2-methylfuran (or the one-pot reaction of mesityl oxide, 2-methylfuran and water), followed by hydrodeoxygenation (HDO). ...[more]
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