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Aromatization or dehydrocyclization of N-alkanes using soluble transition metal complexes

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OSTI ID:1245597

The invention provides methods and compositions useful for synthesizing alkylaromatics from an n-alkanes.

Research Organization:
Rutgers, The State Univ. of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-93ER14353
Assignee:
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, NJ)
Patent Number(s):
9,302,954
Application Number:
13/657,723
OSTI ID:
1245597
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Thermally Stable Homogeneous Catalysts for Alkane Dehydrogenation S.O. thanks the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for financing a research stay with W.C.K. in the USA. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (CHE 9800184 to M.B.H.), by the University of California Energy Institute and University of California Santa Barbara (to W.C.K.), and by the German Research Association (DFG, to M.W.H). We thank Dr. R. Mynott and Mrs. C. Wirtz, MPI für Kohlenforschung, for NMR spectroscopic investigations. journal October 2001