US 12,071,386 B2
Conversion of alcohols and aldehydes to energy-dense hydrocarbon fuel mixtures
Adelina M. Voutchkova, Washington, DC (US); Diana Ainembabazi, Washington, DC (US); Darren Dolan, Washington, DC (US); and Jonathan Horlyck, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The George Washington University, Washington, DC (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/168,738.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,447, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0257322 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. C07C 1/24 (2006.01); B01J 23/44 (2006.01); B01J 35/40 (2024.01); C10L 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC C07C 1/24 (2013.01) [B01J 23/44 (2013.01); B01J 35/40 (2024.01); C10L 1/04 (2013.01); C07C 2523/44 (2013.01); C10L 2200/0469 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for preparing a hydrocarbon comprising:
reacting an alcohol, and aldehyde, or both, with a catalyst to form a hydrocarbon;
wherein the catalyst comprises palladium and a support,
wherein the support is selected from magnesium oxide, hydrotalcite, montmorillonite, vermiculite, kaolinite, talc, nontronite, saponite, illite, amosite, chamosite, cookeite, nimite, dickite, nacrite, pyrophyllite, and any combination thereof, and
wherein the particle size of the support ranges between about 10 nm and about 400 nm.