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Production of cellulosic gasoline: Via levulinic ester self-condensation
Li, Zheng,Otsuki, Andrew L.,Mascal, Mark
, p. 3804 - 3808 (2018)
Most biomass to biofuel processes are limited to the production of linear or minimally branched hydrocarbons. Motor gasoline, however, consists of highly branched linear and/or cyclic alkanes. This work describes the optimization of the levulinic ester self-condensation reaction and the efficient conversion of its products, which are highly branched cyclopentadienes, into a mixture of substituted cyclopentanes with high octane ratings and excellent density and flow properties.
