- Hydrodeoxygenation of Furylmethane Oxygenates to Jet and Diesel Range Fuels: Probing the Reaction Network with Supported Palladium Catalyst and Hafnium Triflate Promoter
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Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of furylmethane oxygenates to high carbon branched chain jet and diesel fuel range alkanes under mild reaction conditions is a promising strategy for energy-efficient production of fuels with minimal C-C cracking to undesired products. Here, we report that a strong Lewis acidic promoter can overcome the energy barrier for furylmethane hydrodeoxygenation at lower temperature. Furan rings of furylmethanes are first hydrogenated to fully saturated cyclic ethers by a hydrogenation catalyst, which then undergo facile ring opening and deoxygenation by the promoter. A cyclic intermediate between ethereal O and the Lewis acidic metal center, assisted by the triflate ligand of the promoter, is formed in the ring-opening step. Probing the reaction pathway with symmetric single furan ring surrogate molecules suggests that the promoter is necessary for the ring opening. Deoxygenation of ring-opened oxygenates takes place more quickly for single furan ring surrogates than for the multiple furan ring furylmethanes. A maximum 97% jet fuel range alkanes with 93% selectivity in C15H32 and C14H30 is achieved from C15-furylmethane under optimal conditions. The yield and selectivity of alkanes with desired carbon numbers can be tuned using furylmethanes with tailored carbon chains, furan numbers, and a carbon center that minimizes C-C cracking. (Chemical Equation Presented).
- Dutta, Saikat,Saha, Basudeb
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p. 5491 - 5499
(2017/08/17)
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- POTENTIAL SEX PHEROMONE IN Platynereis dumerilii - IDENTIFICATION AND SYNTHESIS
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5-methyldecane (6a,b) was extracted from ripe males of Platynereis dumerilii by using a closed loop stripping technique and identified by GC-MS and synthesis.This substance is a minor component of the pheromone bouquet and elicites an electrophysiological response in females of Platynereis dumerilii.
- Zeeck, E.,Hardege, J. D.,Bartels-Hardege, H.,Wesselmann, G.
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p. 5613 - 5614
(2007/10/02)
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- Identification of the Aggregation Pheromone of Flour Beetles Tribolium castaneum and T. confusum (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
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The aggregation pheromone produced by the male red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, and confused flour beetles, T. confusum was identified as 4,8-dimethyldecan-1-al by GLC, GC-MS, PMR spectra, and synthesis of the compound.The synthetic pheromone was less attractive compared with the natural pheromone, because the synthetic sample was composed of four optical isomers.
- Suzuki, Takahisa
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p. 1357 - 1364
(2007/10/02)
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