A communication titled “Synthesis of renewable diesel range alkanes by hydrodeoxygenation of furans over Ni/Hβ under mild conditions” delivered by Guangyi Li was published in Green Chemistry.

Article Link：http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2014/GC/c3gc41356j.

Diesel range branched alkanes were synthesized by the solventfree hydrodeoxygenation of 5,5’-(butane-1,1-diyl)bis(2-methylfuran), the hydroxyalkylation/alkylation product of 2-methylfuran and butanal. Over the non-noble metal catalyst Ni/Hβ-(394), ~90% carbon yield of diesel range alkanes was achieved at a much lower temperature (503 K) than the temperature (623 K) used in the literature over noble metal catalysts.

Green Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering any aspect of green chemistry. It is published monthly by the Royal Society of Chemistry and was established in 1999 by James Clark (University of York). Articles have to be conceptually accessible to a wide audience. The editor-in-chief is Sarah Ruthven. Green Chemistry has a 2012 impact factor of 6.828.