Title: Catalytic conversion of methanol/ethanol to isobutanol – a highly selective route to an advanced biofuel

Authors (5): R. L. Wingad, E. J. E. .Bergström, M. Everett, K. J. Pellow, D. F. Wass

Themes: Energy (2015)

DOI: 10.1039/c6cc01599a

Citations: 76

Pub type: article-journal

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Issue: 29

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Publication date(s): 2016 (online)

Pages: 5202-5204

Volume: 52 Issue: 29

Journal: Chemical Communications

Link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2016/CC/C6CC01599A

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cc01599a

Catalysts based on ruthenium diphosphine complexes convert methanol/ethanol mixtures to the advanced biofuel isobutanol, with extremely high selectivity (>99%) at good (>75%) conversion via a Guerbet-type mechanism.

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