Enrichment and Identification of Arylhopanes from Shengli Lignite

Autor: Zhe-Hao Wei, Xing-Shun Cong, Yan Li, Xing Fan, Xian-Yong Wei, Zhi-Min Zong, Yin Zhou, Yun-Peng Zhao, Min Li
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Energy & Fuels. 28:6745-6748
ISSN: 1520-5029
0887-0624
DOI: 10.1021/ef501105n
Popis: Four arylhopanes, i.e., 22-phenyl-30-norhopane, 22-(o-tolyl)-30-norhopane, 30-(5-methylthien-2-yl)hopane, and 30-(thien-2-ylmethyl)hopane, were enriched from Shengli lignite, and their structures were tentatively identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Phenylhopanes were unreported before and thienylhopanes were rarely detected in coals. The nearly equal relative contents of 22-phenyl-30-norhopane and 22-(o-tolyl)-30-norhopane suggest that a hopanoid precursor with a longer side chain compared to bacteriohopanetetrol should exist in nature. A novel type of cyclization reaction (cyclized at C30) of hopanoid polyols was proposed.
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