Understanding selective ring opening of tetralin

• Main Author: Lim, Kok Hwa.
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Research Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Aliphatic compounds
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/42249
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Recent years have seen a shift in the use of crude oil from traditional areas such as industrial or heating needs to transportation and petrochemicals. In particular, diesel has become an increasingly popular transportation fuel. This is because it has higher compression ratio and smaller requiremen...