Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol into an Advanced Biofuel: Unprecedented Selectivity for<i>n</i>-Butanol
作者:George R. M. Dowson、Mairi F. Haddow、Jason Lee、Richard L. Wingad、Duncan F. Wass
DOI:10.1002/anie.201303723
日期:2013.8.19
the beast: Unprecedented selectivity of over 94 % at good (20 %+) conversion was observed for the upgrade of ethanol to the advancedbiofuel 1‐butanol with a ruthenium diphosphine catalyst (see picture; P orange, Ru blue). Preliminary mechanistic studies indicate that control over the notoriously uncontrolled acetaldehyde aldol condensation is critical for the high selectivity, and evidence was found