NDLI: Lipid Formation by Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch-Type Synthesis over a Temperature Range of 100 to 400 °C

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Author	Rushdi, Ahmed I. Simoneit, Bernd R. T.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	The formation of lipid compounds during anaqueous Fischer-Tropsch-type reaction was studied withsolutions of oxalic acid as the carbon and hydrogensource. The reactions were conducted in stainlesssteel vessels by heating the oxalic acid solution atdiscrete temperatures from 100 to 400 °C, atintervals of 50 °C for two days each. Themaximum lipid yield, especially for oxygenatedcompounds, is in the window of 150–250 °C. At atemperature of 100 °C only a trace amount oflipids was detected. At temperatures above150 °C the lipid components ranged from C$_{12}$to >C$_{33}$ and included n-alkanols, n-alkanoic acids, n-alkyl formates, n-alkanals, n-alkanones, n-alkanes, andn-alkenes, all with essentially no carbon numberpreference. The n-alkanes increased inconcentration over the oxygenated compounds attemperatures of 200 °C and above, with a slightreduction in their carbon number ranges due tocracking. It was also noted that the n-alkanoicacids increased while n-alkanols decreased withincreasing temperature above 200 °C. Attemperatures above 300 °C synthesis competeswith cracking and reforming reactions. At 400 °Csignificant cracking was observed and polynucleararomatic hydrocarbons and their alkylated homologswere detected. The results of this work suggest thatthe formation of lipid compounds by aqueous FTTreactions proceeds by insertion of a CO group at theterminal end of a carboxylic acid functionality toform n-oxoalkanoic acids, followed by reductionto n-alkanoic acids, to n-alkanals, thento n-alkanols. The n-alkenes areintermediate homologs for n-alkan-2-ones andn-alkanes. This proposed mechanism for aqueousFTT synthesis differs from the surface-catalyzedstepwise FT process (i.e., gaseous) of polymerization of methylene reported in the literature.
Starting Page	103
Ending Page	118
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01696149
Journal	Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
Volume Number	31
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15730875
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2001-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Organic Chemistry Geochemistry Biochemistry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Medicine Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Space and Planetary Science

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