Catalytic conversion of methanol/ethanol to isobutanol - A highly selective route to an advanced biofuel

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Catalysts based on ruthenium diphosphine complexes convert methanol/ethanol mixtures to the advanced biofuel isobutanol, with extremely high selectivity (>99%) at good (>75%) conversion via a Guerbet-type mechanism.

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Wingad, R. L., Bergström, E. J. E., Everett, M., Pellow, K. J., & Wass, D. F. (2016). Catalytic conversion of methanol/ethanol to isobutanol - A highly selective route to an advanced biofuel. Chemical Communications, 52(29), 5202–5204. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6cc01599a

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