Synthesis of jet fuel range branched cycloalkanes with mesityl oxide and 2-methylfuran from lignocellulose

Shanshan Li; Ning Li; Wentao Wang; Lin Li; Aiqin Wang; Xiaodong Wang; Tao Zhang

doi:10.1038/srep32379

Synthesis of jet fuel range branched cycloalkanes with mesityl oxide and 2-methylfuran from lignocellulose

Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 1:6:32379. doi: 10.1038/srep32379.

Authors

Shanshan Li^{1

2}, Ning Li^{1

3}, Wentao Wang¹, Lin Li¹, Aiqin Wang^{1

3}, Xiaodong Wang¹, Tao Zhang^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
² Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 10049, China.
³ iChEM (Collaborative Innovation Centre of Chemistry for Energy Materials), Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.

Abstract

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).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aldehydes / chemistry
Catalysis
Cycloparaffins / chemical synthesis*
Cycloparaffins / chemistry*
Furans / chemistry*
Hexanones / chemistry*
Hydrogenation
Hydrolysis
Lewis Acids / chemistry
Lignin / chemistry*
Solvents

Substances

Aldehydes
Cycloparaffins
Furans
Hexanones
Lewis Acids
Solvents
lignocellulose
2-methylfuran
mesityl oxide
3-hydroxybutanal
Lignin