A paper titled "Production of renewable jet fuel range branched alkanes with xylose and methyl isobutyl ketone" delivered by Toto was accepted by Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

Article Link：http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ie5016365.

A new strategy for the synthesis of jet fuel range branched alkanes with the xylose and methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) from lignocellulose was introduced. C₁₀ and C₁₁ branched alkanes with low freezing points were synthesized by three steps: 1) the dehydration of xylose to furfural over solid acid catalysts in MIBK/water biphasic solvent systems; 2) solid base catalyzed aldol condensation of furfural with MIBK which was also the most effective extracting solvent in first step; 3) solvent-free hydrodeoxygenation of aldol condensation product to jet fuel range branched alkanes over Ru/H-ZSM-5 catalyst. Alternatively, oxygenated fuel can also be obtained by the low temperature hydrogenation of aldol condensation product over Ru/C catalyst.

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