Los Alamos team develops robust route to convert starch and sugar to C10 and C11 hydrocarbons; “potato-to-pump”

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By mmillikinJul 18, 2016, 11:28 am342 pts
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a route to convert oligosaccharides, such as starch, cellulose, and hemicelluloses to C10 and C11 hydrocarbons by using depolymerization followed by chain extension. In a paper published in the journal ChemSusChem, they report on the robustness of the…

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