Integration of chemical catalysis with extractive fermentation to produce fuels

Pazhamalai Anbarasan, Zachary C. Baer, Sanil Sreekumar, Elad Gross, Joseph B. Binder, Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark and F. Dean Toste ()
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Pazhamalai Anbarasan: University of California
Zachary C. Baer: Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California
Sanil Sreekumar: University of California
Elad Gross: University of California
Joseph B. Binder: Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California
Harvey W. Blanch: Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California
Douglas S. Clark: Energy Biosciences Institute, University of California
F. Dean Toste: University of California

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7423, 235-239

Abstract: The integration of biological and chemocatalytic routes can be used to convert acetone–butanol–ethanol fermentation products efficiently into ketones by palladium-catalysed alkylation, leading to a renewable method for the alternative production of petrol, jet and diesel blend stocks in high yield.

Date: 2012
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