Los Alamos National Security, LLC

Ruilan Wu

Louis A Silks

John Cameron Gordon

Susan Kloek Hanson

Method of producing C-Chydrocarbons comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising hydroxymethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro), Yb(Pro), and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are:  In (III), X may be CH, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and Rand Reach independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.

Method of carbon chain extension using novel aldol reaction

Method of producing C-Chydrocarbons. comprising providing a ketone starting material; providing an aldol starting material comprising chloromethylfurfural; mixing the ketone starting material and the aldol starting material in a reaction in the presence of a proline-containing catalyst selected from the group consisting of Zn(Pro), Yb(Pro), and combinations thereof, or a catalyst having one of the structures (I), (II) or (III), and in the presence of a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises water and is substantially free of organic solvents, where (I), (II) and (III) respectively are:   In (III), X may be CH, sulfur or selenium, M may be Zn, Mg, or a lanthanide, and Rand Reach independently may be a methyl, ethyl, phenyl moiety.

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