Conversion of biomass platform molecules into fuel additives and liquid hydrocarbon fuels

[EN] In this work some relevant processes for the preparation of liquid hydrocarbon fuels and fuel additives \nfrom cellulose, hemicellulose and triglycerides derived platform molecules are discussed. Thus, it is \nshown that a series of platform molecules such as levulinic acid, furans, fatty acids and polyols can be \nconverted into a variety of fuel additives through catalytic transformations that include reduction, esterification, \netherification, and acetalization reactions. Moreover, we will show that liquid hydrocarbon fuels \ncan be obtained by combining oxygen removal processes (e.g. dehydration, hydrogenolysis, hydrogenation, \ndecarbonylation/descarboxylation etc.) with the adjustment of the molecular weight via C C coupling \nreactions (e.g. aldol condensation, hydroxyalkylation, oligomerization, ketonization) of the reactive \nplatform molecules.