Researchers in China develop new process for direct synthesis of drop-in jet-fuel-range blendstock from lignocellulose

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By mmillikinDec 29, 2016, 11:40 am221 pts
Researchers in China have developed an integrated two-bed continuous flow reactor process for the direct synthesis with high carbon yields (~70%) of dodecanol (C12H26O) or 2,4,8- trimethylnonane (C12H26O2)—a jet-fuel-range C12 branched alkane—from methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK), which can be derived from…

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