2014/01/29 by Mark Mascal, Saikat Dutta, Iñaki Gandarias · 2 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · #Catalysis for Biomass Conversion #Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies #Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
paper · doi:10.1002/anie.201308143
openalex publication_date 2014/01/29 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Dehydration of biomass-derived levulinic acid under solid acid catalysis and treatment of the resulting angelica lactone with catalytic K2 CO3 produces the angelica lactone dimer in excellent yield. This dimer serves as a novel feedstock for hydrodeoxygenation, which proceeds under relatively mild conditions with a combination of oxophilic metal and noble metal catalysts to yield branched C7 -C10 hydrocarbons in the gasoline volatility range. Considering that levulinic acid is available in >80 % conversion from raw biomass, a field-to-tank yield of drop-in, cellulosic gasoline of >60 % is possible.