Patent ID: 8372165
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: C07D,C10L,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a fuel additive for reducing diesel engine emissions, said method comprising the steps of: a.) reacting at least one C5 sugar through an acid catalyst reactor system to convert said C5 sugar to furfural; b.) reacting said furfural from a.) through a catalyst reactor system to self-condense said furfural into 1,2-di(2-furanyl)-2-hydroxyethanone (furoin); and c.) reacting said furoin from b.) with hydrogen through a solid heterogeneous catalyst bed reactor system to hydrogenate said 1,2-di(2-furanyl)-2-hydroxyethanone (furoin) into 1,2-(ditetrahydrofuryl)ethane (DTHFE).