Issue 12, 2018
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Sustainable Energy & Fuels

A simple, solvent free method for transforming bio-derived aldehydes into cyclic acetals for renewable diesel fuels†

Orion Staples,a   Cameron M. Moore,*a   Juan H. Leal,b   Troy A. Semelsberger,b   Charles S. McEnally,c   Lisa D. Pfefferlec  and  Andrew D. Sutton ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K558, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
E-mail: cameron_moore@lanl.gov, adsutton@lanl.gov

b Materials Physics Applications Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS K793, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

c Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA

Abstract

The acetalization of 2,3-butanediol with bio-derived C4–8 aldehydes has yielded a route to substituted 1,3-dioxolanes from small bio-building blocks. The reported reaction system features excellent carbon yields (>93%), atom economy (>89%) and phase separation of the analytically pure product which eliminates elaborate purification processes and facilitates simple catalyst recycling. The 1,3-dioxolanes offer performance advantages over traditional diesel and have the potential to augment petroleum derived fuels.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SE00371H
Article type
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Submitted
23 Jul 2018
Accepted
14 Sep 2018
First published
24 Sep 2018

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 2742-2746

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A simple, solvent free method for transforming bio-derived aldehydes into cyclic acetals for renewable diesel fuels

O. Staples, Cameron M. Moore, J. H. Leal, T. A. Semelsberger, C. S. McEnally, L. D. Pfefferle and A. D. Sutton, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 2742 DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00371H

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