@article{5e9f614392624afbb94942cbc79075cf,
title = "Oligo(amylene) from the reaction of fusel oil with zinc dihalide",
abstract = "Heating mixtures of fusel oil and zinc chloride or zinc bromide to 180 °C gave water, difusel ethers and the hydrocarbon oligo(amylene) as the major coproducts. Separation by chromatography gave oligo(amylene) in 25% yield from fusel oil. The triamylene fraction of the oligo(amylene) had a net heating value of 43.9 kJ g-1 which was 3% greater than specifications for gasoline, diesel #2 and jet A-1. The cetane number of the triamylene was 31.9 so it may not be useful for diesel engines. The triamylene had a flashpoint of 38 °C, viscosity (-20 °C) of 7.85 mm2 s-1, density (15 °C) of 0.78 g mL-1 and melting point below -78 °C which all compared well to the specifications of jet A-1.",
author = "Davis, {Matthew C.} and Laszlo Prokai and Woodroffe, {Josanne Dee}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the In-house Laboratory Independent Research (ILIR) program of the Office of Naval Research, US Department of the Navy. Thanks to: the UNTHSC Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences for the purchase of the GC-MS, The Welch Foundation for endowment BK-0031 to L.P., Timothy Kidwell (SWRI) for assistance with the cetane number analyses, Mary Ray (NAWCWD Technical Library) for collecting several of the literature citations, Michelle Wade and Tom Czibovic (NAWCWD) for their assistance in obtaining the sample analyses, various materials and supplies, and Jose Leboriero Hernandez and Sean Miller of the Archer Daniels Midland Company for helpful discussions about fusel oil and a generous sample. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 The Royal Society of Chemistry.",
year = "2021",
month = jan,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1039/d0ra10386a",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
pages = "1960--1968",
journal = "RSC Advances",
issn = "2046-2069",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "4",
}