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US 12,071,386 B2Granted
Conversion of alcohols and aldehydes to energy-dense hydrocarbon fuel mixtures
AssigneeThe George Washington University
InventorsAdelina M. Voutchkova, Diana Ainembabazi, Darren Dolan, Jonathan Horlyck
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a process for preparing long-chain alkanes and alkenes from alcohols, aldehydes, or both. The process proceeds via acceptorless dehydrogenation and decarbonylative coupling using a supported catalyst.
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A process for preparing a hydrocarbon comprising:
- reacting an alcohol, and aldehyde, or both, with a catalyst to form a hydrocarbon;
- wherein the catalyst comprises palladium and a support,
- wherein the support is selected from magnesium oxide, hydrotalcite, montmorillonite, vermiculite, kaolinite, talc, nontronite, saponite, illite, amosite, chamosite, cookeite, nimite, dickite, nacrite, pyrophyllite, and any combination thereof, and
- wherein the particle size of the support ranges between about 10 nm and about 400 nm.
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A process for preparing a hydrocarbon comprising:
- reacting an alcohol, and aldehyde, or both, with a catalyst to form a hydrocarbon;
- wherein the catalyst comprises palladium and a support, and
- wherein the process is conducted in a solvent selected from toluene, tetrahydrofuran, ethanol, and any combination thereof.
A process for preparing a hydrocarbon comprising:
- reacting an alcohol, and aldehyde, or both, with a catalyst to form a hydrocarbon;
- wherein the catalyst comprises palladium and a support,
- wherein the support is selected from magnesium oxide, hydrotalcite, montmorillonite, vermiculite, kaolinite, talc, nontronite, saponite, illite, amosite, chamosite, cookeite, nimite, dickite, nacrite, pyrophyllite, and any combination thereof,
- wherein the process is conducted in the presence of a solvent, and
- wherein the solvent is selected from toluene, tetrahydrofuran, ethanol, and any combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.