Issue 28, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Beyond ketonization: selective conversion of carboxylic acids to olefins over balanced Lewis acid–base pairs†

Rebecca A. L. Baylon,a   Junming Sun,*a   Kevin J. Martin,b   Padmesh Venkitasubramanianb  and  Yong Wang*ac  

* Corresponding authors

a The Gene & Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2710, USA
E-mail: junming.sun@wsu.edu

b Archer Daniels Midland Company, 1001 N Brush College Road, Decatur, IL 62521, USA

c Institute for Integrated Catalysis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
E-mail: yong.wang@pnnl.gov

Abstract

We report the direct conversion of mixed carboxylic acids to C=3–C=6 olefins with up to 60 mol% carbon yield through cascade (cross) ketonization, (cross) aldolization and self-deoxygenation reactions. Co-feeding hydrogen provides an additional ketone hydrogenation/dehydration pathway to a wider range of olefins.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC10528E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Dec 2015
Accepted
09 Feb 2016
First published
10 Feb 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 4975-4978

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Beyond ketonization: selective conversion of carboxylic acids to olefins over balanced Lewis acid–base pairs

R. A. L. Baylon, J. Sun, K. J. Martin, P. Venkitasubramanian and Y. Wang, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 4975 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC10528E

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