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US 2009/0270643 A1Published application
Method for producing an oxygen-containing compound used as fuel additive, in particular in diesel fuels, gasoline, and rapeseed methyl ester
OwnerMichiel Arjaan Kousemaker, Klaus Dieter Thieleinventors
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method for producing an oxygen-containing compound used as fuel additive, in particular in diesel fuels, gasoline and rapeseed methyl ester. The method consists in a) reacting a polyvalent alcohol with an aldehyde or a ketone to produce an acetal and b) etherifying the subsisting free hydroxyl groups in the acetal produced at step a) with tertiary olefins.
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Method for producing an oxygen-containing compound used as fuel additive, in particular in Diesel fuels, gasoline, and rapeseed methyl ester, comprising
- a):
- Reaction of a multivalent alcohol with an aldehyde or ketone to produce an acetal, and
- b):
- Etherification of the still free hydroxyl groups of the acetal produced in step a) with tertiary olefins.
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