申请人:Furanix Technologies B.V
公开号:EP2128226A1
公开(公告)日:2009-12-02
The invention provides a fuel component, based on or comprising a ring-hydrogenated alkyl furfuryl ether of the general formula (I):
(I) R"-TF-CH2-O-R
wherein TF represents a 2,5-substituted tetrahydrofuran ring, wherein each R independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms and wherein each R" independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, the product of an aldol condensation reaction or an alkoxymethyl group of the general formula (II):
(II) -CH2-O-R'
wherein each R' independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms. The invention also provides novel and useful ring-hydrogenated alkoxymethyltetrahydrofuran ethers such as 2-(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran, 5-methyl-2-(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran, 5-hydroxymethyl-2-(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran and 2,5-bis(alkoxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran of the general formula (I) above. Moreover, these ring-hydrogenated alkoxymethyltetrahydrofuran ethers disclosed herein have never been used as fuel component, and therefore the use of these ethers has also been claimed as an invention. A further embodiment of the current invention is the process for preparing these components. Finally, the use of a 5-(alkoxymethyl)furfural, 2-alkoxymethylfuran and/or a 2,5-bis(alkoxymethyl)furan as hydrogen storage molecules, in particular for fuel purposes is claimed as a further embodiment of the current invention.
本发明提供了一种基于或包含通式(I)的环氢化烷基糠基醚的燃料成分:
(i) r"-tf-ch2-o-r
其中 TF 代表 2,5-取代的四氢呋喃环,每个 R 独立地代表具有 1 至 20 个碳原子的烷基,每个 R "独立地代表氢原子、甲基、羟甲基、醛醇缩合反应产物或通式(II)的烷氧基甲基:
(II) -CH2-O-R'
其中每个 R'独立地代表具有 1 至 20 个碳原子的烷基。本发明还提供了新型有用的环氢化烷氧基甲基四氢呋喃醚,如上述通式(I)的 2-(烷氧基甲基)四氢呋喃、5-甲基-2-(烷氧基甲基)四氢呋喃、5-羟甲基-2-(烷氧基甲基)四氢呋喃和 2,5-双(烷氧基甲基)四氢呋喃。此外,本文公开的这些环氢化烷氧基甲基四氢呋喃醚从未被用作燃料成分,因此这些醚的使用也被要求作为一项发明。本发明的另一个实施方案是制备这些组分的工艺。最后,将 5-(烷氧基甲基)呋喃、2-烷氧基甲基呋喃和/或 2,5-双(烷氧基甲基)呋喃用作储氢分子,特别是用作燃料,是本发明的另一个实施方案。