Incorporation of steroidal biomarkers into petroleum model compounds

…, MR Gray, JM Stryker, RR Tykwinski

Index: Scherer, Alexander; Hampel, Frank; Gray, Murray R.; Stryker, Jeffrey M.; Tykwinski, Rik R. Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 25, # 7 p. 597 - 606

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Abstract

Abstract A series of fully-substituted 5, 6-benzoquinolines covalently fused to the chlolestane framework has been synthesized to serve as model compounds for the poorly characterized components found in the heaviest fractions of petroleum, namely the asphaltenes. Acid- catalyzed cyclocondensation of an aromatic imine with 5-α-cholestan-3-one gives 5, 6- benzoquinoline cycloadducts incorporating the steroidal biomarker fused to the ...