UW Madison, ExxonMobil researchers convert alcohols to diesel-range ethers and olefins

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By mmillikinMay 18, 2019, 6:00 am845 ptsHotTop
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin Madison and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering have devised a two-stage process by which an alcohol such as ethanol or 1-butanol can be converted with high yields into distillate-range ethers and olefins by combining Guerbet coupling (the coupling of two…

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