Battelle Memorial Institute

Carlos A Alvarez-Vasco

Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy

Michel J Gray

Mond Guo

Senthil Subramaniam

Methods, systems and catalysts for converting an alcohol containing feedstock to an upgraded material in a single catalyst bed wherein a feedstock is fed to a catalyst under preselected conditions to obtain an intermediate; and condensing the intermediate through an aldol condensation reaction to yield a product containing an upgraded material. In one instance the feedstock includes ethanol, the catalyst is a mixed metal oxide catalyst and the upgraded material is typically a C+ ketone(s) or alcohol(s), such as 2-pentanone, 2-heptanone, 4-heptanone and 2-nonanone.

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Itagui, Colombia

Carlos A Alvarez-Vasco