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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Bp Corporation North America Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Shylesh Sankaranarayanapillai, Albany, CA (US);
Sanil Sreekumar, Midland, MI (US);
F. Dean Toste, Piedmont, CA (US);
Alexis T. Bell, Oakland, CA (US);
Amit A. Gokhale, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Adam Grippo, Oakland, CA (US);
George E. Arab, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
BP Corporation North America Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are methods for producing α,β-unsaturated ketones from the condensation of methyl ketones in the presence of an amine catalyst. Such amine catalysts may be supported, for example, on a silica-alumina support. Such amine catalysts may be used in the presence of an additional acid. The α,β-unsaturated ketones may be produced by dimerization and/or timerization of the methyl ketones. Such α,β-unsaturated ketones may be suitable for use in producing fuels, gasoline additives, and/or lubricants, or precursors thereof. The methyl ketones may be obtained from renewable sources, such as by the fermentation of biomass.