Patent ID: 8821710
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: C07C,C10L,C25B,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a hydrocarbon fuel compound comprising: obtaining sodium levulinate, wherein the sodium levulinate is derived from a six carbon sugar; preparing an anolyte for use in an electrolytic cell, the electrolytic cell comprising an anolyte compartment, a catholyte compartment, and a NaSICON membrane that separates the anolyte compartment from the catholyte compartment, wherein the anolyte is housed within the anolyte compartment and a catholyte is housed within the catholyte compartment, wherein the anolyte comprises a solvent and a quantity of the sodium levulinate, wherein the solvent comprises an alcohol; and electrolyzing the anolyte within the cell, wherein the electrolyzing decarboxylates the sodium levulinate to form radicals, wherein the radicals react to predominantly form 2,7-octadione, wherein the quantity of the sodium levulinate is devoid of levulinic acid, wherein the only positive cation in the anolyte compartment is the sodium cation.