C C Bond Formation Reactions for Biomass??Derived Molecules

AV Subrahmanyam, S Thayumanavan…

Index: Subrahmanyam, Ayyagari V.; Thayumanavan, Sankaran; Huber, George W. ChemSusChem, 2010 , vol. 3, # 10 p. 1158 - 1161

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Abstract

There has been a tremendous interest in the utilization of biomass as feedstock to produce renewable fuels and chemicals.[1] The major monomer building blocks of biomass are carbohydrates which are typically 5 or 6 carbons in length. Petroleumderived jet and diesel fuels are between 8 to 15 carbons in length. Therefore, to produce jet and diesel fuel from biomass, there must be a CÀC bond formation from the biomass-derived molecules.[2] ...