Fig. 3: Substrate scope evaluation. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Substrate scope evaluation.

From: Sustainable alkane production from waste fatty acids via electrochemically coupled decarboxylation and hydrogenation

Fig. 3

a Yield and (b) selectivity of decarboxylation into olefins using different carbon-chain length of fatty acids with acid (0.3 mmol), KOH (1.2 equivalents), n-Bu4NPF6 (0.06 M), EtOH (20 mL) and current of 10 mA. c Scheme of the reaction pathways of different 1-n-carbocations from decarboxylation of fatty acids. d The components in crude soybean oil, crude tall oil and waste catering oil. e The results of conversion of crude soybean oil, crude tall oil, and waste catering oil. a The products are olefins; b The products are alkanes. Entry 4 differed from Entry 3 solely by the addition of Pd/C catalyst, with all other reaction conditions held constant. Source data for Fig. 3 are provided as a Source Data file.

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