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Coupling Fatty Acids by Ketonic Decarboxylation Using Solid Catalysts for the Direct Production of Diesel, Lubricants, and Chemicals
Author(s) -
Corma Avelino,
Renz Michael,
Schaverien Colin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemsuschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.412
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1864-564X
pISSN - 1864-5631
DOI - 10.1002/cssc.200800103
Subject(s) - decarboxylation , alkane , catalysis , chemistry , yield (engineering) , diesel fuel , organic chemistry , olefin fiber , materials science , metallurgy
In bed with magnesium : Long‐chain alkanes that can be used as alternative premium diesel or lubricants can be obtained by a four‐step process in a single reactor with two catalyst beds. First, two fatty acid molecules are coupled by ketonic decarboxylation over MgO. The carbonyl product is then hydrogenated, and after the elimination of water the resulting olefin is further hydrogenated to produce the alkane in up to 58 % yield (Pt/MgO).