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US 9,802,873 B1Granted
Methods for the production of renewable Dimethyl JP10
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorsBenjamin G Harvey, Heather A Meylemans, Roxanne L Quintana
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Abstract
A highly efficient method for the conversion of a natural product into the high density fuel RJ-4 with concomitant evolution of isobutylene for conversion to fuels and polymers, more specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to efficient methods for the conversion of the renewable, linear terpene alcohol, linalool into a drop-in, high density fuel suitable for ramjet or missile propulsion.
Claims7
A method for producing fuels and/or byproducts, comprising:
- reacting linalool with at least one ruthenium ring closing metathesis catalyst under solvent-free conditions to produce isobutylene and 1-methylcyclopent-2-enol;
- removing said isobutylene by distillation to obtain said 1-methylcyclopent-2-enol in >95% yield;
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- oligomerizing said isobutylene with at least one oligomerization catalyst to produce at least one of the fuels and/or by-products selected from the group consisting of gasoline, jet fuel, and polymers/elastomers.
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