[EN] In this work some relevant processes for the preparation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels and fuel additives
from cellulose, hemicellulose and triglycerides derived platform molecules are discussed. Thus, it is
shown that a series of platform molecules such as levulinic acid, furans, fatty acids and polyols can be
converted into a variety of fuel additives through catalytic transformations that include reduction, esterification,
etherification, and acetalization reactions. Moreover, we will show that liquid hydrocarbon fuels
can be obtained by combining oxygen removal processes (e.g. dehydration, hydrogenolysis, hydrogenation,
decarbonylation/descarboxylation etc.) with the adjustment of the molecular weight via C C coupling
reactions (e.g. aldol condensation, hydroxyalkylation, oligomerization, ketonization) of the reactive
platform molecules.This work has been supported by the Spanish Government-MINECO through Consolider Ingenio 2010-Multicat and CTQ.-2011-27550, ITQ thanks the "Program Severo Ochoa" for financial support.Climent Olmedo, MJ.; Corma Canós, A.; Iborra Chornet, S. (2014). Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels. Green Chemistry. 16(2):516-547. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3gc41492bS51654716
