Los Alamos National Security, LLC

The Proctor 'gamble Company

Ruilian Wu

Louis A Silks

John Cameron Gordon

Andrew D Sutton

Jin Kyung Kim

David Bryan Kimball

Dimitris Ioannis Collias

Ryan Michael West

Susan Kloek Hanson

Marcel Schlaf

Fraser Waldie

Embodiments of the present invention are directed to the conversion of a source material (e.g., a depolymerized oligosaccharide mixture, a monomeric sugar, a hydrolysate, or a mixture of monomeric sugars) to intermediate molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. These intermediates may also be converted to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.

Conversion of oligomeric starch, cellulose, hydrolysates or sugars to hydrocarbons

The present invention is directed to the one step selective conversion of starch, cellulose, or glucose to molecules containing 7 to 26 contiguous carbon atoms. The invention is also directed to the conversion of those intermediates to saturated hydrocarbons. Such saturated hydrocarbons are useful as, for example, fuels.

Conversion of oligomeric starch, cellulose, or sugars to hydrocarbons

The present invention is directed to the preparation of oxygenated, unsaturated hydrocarbon compounds, such as derivatives of furfural or hydroxymethyl furfural produced by aldol condensation with a ketone or a ketoester, as well as methods of deoxidatively reducing those compounds with hydrogen under acidic conditions to provide saturated hydrocarbons useful as fuels.

Compounds and methods for the production of long chain hydrocarbons from biological sources

The invention concerns processes for oxidizing an alcohol to produce a carbonyl compound. The processes comprise contacting the alcohol with (i) a gaseous mixture comprising oxygen; and (ii) an amine compound in the presence of a catalyst, having the formula: where each of R-Rare independently H, alkyl, aryl, CF, halogen, OR, SOR, C(O)R, CONRRor COR; each of R-Ris independently alkyl or aryl; and Z is alkl or aryl.

Mild and selective vanadium-catalyzed oxidation of benzylic, allylic, and propargylic alcohols using air

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