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A highly selective route to linear alpha olefins from biomass-derived lactones and unsaturated acids

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 49, Issue 63, Pages 7040-7042

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc43587c

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences
  2. DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center
  3. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
  4. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
  5. U.S. Department of Energy
  6. National Science Foundation [EEC-0813570]

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This work demonstrates the use of Lewis-acid catalysts, such as gamma-alumina and tungstated alumina, for selective production of linear alpha olefins by decarboxylation of lactones and unsaturated carboxylic acids.

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