A method for making cyclopentadiene fuels comprising producing cyclopent-2-en-1-one or a mixture of cyclopent-2-en-1-one from a bio-based source. The cyclopent-2-en-1-one or the mixture of cyclopent-2-en-1-one is hydrogenated, thereby forming cyclopent-2-en-1-ol or a mixture of cyclopent-2-en-1-ol. The cyclopent-2-en-1-ol or the mixture of cyclopent-2-en-1-ol is dehydrated with a dehydrating agent, thereby forming cyclopentadiene or a mixture of cyclopentadiene. The cyclopentadiene or mixture of cyclopentadiene is converted to dicyclopentadiene or dihydrodicyclopentadiene. The dicyclopentadiene or dihydrodicyclopentadiene is hydrogenated, thereby forming tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene. The tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene is isomerized, thereby forming exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene.

Provided herein are methods for preparing ketone-containing organic molecules. The methods are based on novel iron/copper-mediated (“Fe/Cu-mediated”) coupling reactions. The Fe/Cu-mediated coupling reaction can be used in the preparation of complex molecules, such as halichondrins and analogs thereof. In particular, the Fe/Cu-mediated ketolization reactions described herein are useful in the preparation of intermediates en route to halichondrins.

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A method for forming a desired hydrocarbon fuel product from a mixed oxygenate feedstock by utilizing chemical processes to form ketones from the oxygenate feed, upgrade the ketones, recycle selected upgraded ketones through the upgrading process to obtain a desired intermediate and hydrogenating the desired intermediate to obtain the desired hydrocarbon fuel product. In various alternative configurations and embodiments this can be accomplished in a number of ways, and originate in a number of different positions and occasions.

A method for forming a desired hydrocarbon fuel product from a mixed oxygenate feedstock by utilizing chemical processes to form ketones from the oxygenate feed, upgrade the ketones, recycle selected upgraded ketones through the upgrading process to obtain a desired intermediate and hydrogenating the desired intermediate to obtain the desired hydrocarbon fuel product. In various alternative configurations and embodiments this can be accomplished in a number of ways, and originate in a number of different positions and occasions.

This invention relates to a method for producing a high-purity cyclohexenone long-chain alcohol represented by formula I, and produces the compound of formula I by a metal-mediated Barbier reaction. The method of the present invention has advantages in its short scheme, high yield, and high-purity product, and is suitable for industrial scale up.

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This invention relates to a method for producing a high-purity cyclohexenone long-chain alcohol represented by formula I, and produces the compound of formula I by a metal-mediated Barbier reaction. The method of the present invention has advantages in its short scheme, high yield, and high-purity product, and is suitable for industrial scale up.

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A method comprising synthesizing a cyclic organic compound (3) via reaction of an substituted alkene (1) with an unsubstituted or substituted acrylic acid (2) in the presence of a sulfonic acid reagent to make the cyclic organic compound (3) R1(H)C═C(H)R2 (1) ##STR00001##

A method comprising synthesizing a cyclic organic compound (3) via reaction of an substituted alkene (1) with an unsubstituted or substituted acrylic acid (2) in the presence of a sulfonic acid reagent to make the cyclic organic compound (3) R1(H)C═C(H)R2 (1) ##STR00001##

A method comprising synthesizing a cyclic organic compound (3) via reaction of an substituted alkene (1) with an unsubstituted or substituted acrylic acid (2) in the presence of a sulfonic acid reagent to make the cyclic organic compound (3) R1(H)C═C(H)R2 (1) ##STR00001##

Disclosed herein are carbon doped tin disulphide (C—SnS.sub.2) and other SnS.sub.2 composites as visible light photocatalyst for CO.sub.2 reduction to solar fuels. The in situ carbon doped SnS.sub.2 photocatalyst provide higher efficiency than the undoped pure SnS.sub.2. Also disclosed herein are methods for preparing the catalysts.