The formation features of C10–C20 regular petroleum isoprenanes
To model the formation processes of C10–C20 petroleum isoprenanes, thermolysis of regular and irregular C20–C40 isoprenanes (phytane, crocetane, squalane, and lycopane) and the suggested precursors of regular pe
Gordadze,Giruts,Poshibaeva,Koshelev
p. 672 - 676
(2016/10/04)
Catalytic Production of Branched Small Alkanes from Biohydrocarbons
Squalane, C30 algae-derived branched hydrocarbon, was successfully converted to smaller hydrocarbons without skeletal isomerization and aromatization over ruthenium on ceria (Ru/CeO2). The internal CH2-CH2 bonds located between branches are preferably dissociated to give branched alkanes with very simple distribution as compared with conventional methods using metal-acid bifunctional catalysts.