Issue 43, 2022, Issue in Progress

Nickel-catalyzed reductive decarboxylation of fatty acids for drop-in biofuel production

Abstract

An operationally simple and highly selective method for the decarboxylation of fatty acids under remarkably mild conditions is described herein. The activation of the aliphatic carboxylic acids by esterification with N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) enabled efficient deoxygenation to synthesize n-alkanes in up to 67% yield, employing inexpensive PMHS as a hydrogen source, NiCl2·6H2O, bipyridine, and zinc in THF. In contrast to the conventional thermo-catalytic approaches, this protocol does not require high temperature and high pressure of hydrogen gas to deoxygenate biomass-derived carboxylic acids, thus representing an attractive alternative for producing drop-in biofuels.

Graphical abstract: Nickel-catalyzed reductive decarboxylation of fatty acids for drop-in biofuel production

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Jul 2022
Accepted
10 Sep 2022
First published
29 Sep 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2022,12, 27889-27894

Nickel-catalyzed reductive decarboxylation of fatty acids for drop-in biofuel production

M. D. S. B. D. Silva, J. G. L. D. Araujo, J. C. C. V. Bento, A. M. D. Azevedo, C. R. O. Souto, A. S. D. D. Anjos, A. M. M. D. Araújo, D. R. D. Silva, F. G. Menezes, A. D. Gondim and L. N. Cavalcanti, RSC Adv., 2022, 12, 27889 DOI: 10.1039/D2RA04057C

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