Oil

Revamp of HF alkylation unit employs solid-acid catalyst

Alkylate is in short supply in the US. The renewable fuels standard (RFS) mandates the use of ethanol in gasoline. The high vapor pressure of ethanol requires a reduction in other light gasoline ...
C&EN

A radical new way to alkylate aromatic rings

Crafts” reaction, because its selectivity is opposite to that of the nearly 150-year-old aromatic substitution reaction, ...
Business Wire

Startup of World’s First Stand-Alone Alkylation Complex Complete at Next Wave Energy

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Next Wave), a leading force in energy solutions with a focus on petrochemicals, fuels and renewables value chains, selected Elessent Clean ...
C&EN

Hook-and-slide strategy extends amides

Extending or trimming the length of a drug molecule’s carbon backbone by just a couple of atoms can significantly alter its activity, even if nothing else in the structure changes. So reactions that ...