The present disclosure relates to a continuous production system and a diester-material production unit included therein, wherein the production unit includes a reaction device in which an esterification reaction of dicarboxylic acid and a primary alcohol is performed, a column in which gas-liquid separation of the primary alcohol and the water introduced is performed, a heat exchange device for recovering heat of a gas phase line of the column, a condenser installed at a rear end of the heat exchange device and liquefying a mixture of a gas-phase primary alcohol and water, and a layer separator in which the layer separation of a mixture of a liquefied primary alcohol and water is performed, wherein the heat exchange device includes one or more of a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a raw material feed line of the reaction device, a second heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a line through which a low temperature stream flows in a process, and a third heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with condensed water generated in the process. According to the present disclosure, the amount of a coolant used and the volume of steam of a reactor may be reduced, and the thermal efficiency of the entire process may be improved.

The present disclosure relates to a continuous production system and a diester-material production unit included therein, wherein the production unit includes a reaction device in which an esterification reaction of dicarboxylic acid and a primary alcohol is performed, a column in which gas-liquid separation of the primary alcohol and the water introduced is performed, a heat exchange device for recovering heat of a gas phase line of the column, a condenser installed at a rear end of the heat exchange device and liquefying a mixture of a gas-phase primary alcohol and water, and a layer separator in which the layer separation of a mixture of a liquefied primary alcohol and water is performed, wherein the heat exchange device includes one or more of a first heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a raw material feed line of the reaction device, a second heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with a line through which a low temperature stream flows in a process, and a third heat exchanger for performing heat exchange with condensed water generated in the process. According to the present disclosure, the amount of a coolant used and the volume of steam of a reactor may be reduced, and the thermal efficiency of the entire process may be improved.

In a ruthenium complex compound according to the present invention, an NHC ligand has an excellent electron-donating ability to stabilize methylidene species due to the steric interaction between substituents having relatively different sizes. The ruthenium complex compound can improve selectivity when used as a catalyst due to having an asymmetric structure, and the activity of the ruthenium complex compound can be improved by adjusting substituents and additives. Accordingly, the ruthenium complex compound can be used as a catalyst in cross metathesis reactions including ethenolysis to produce desired compounds such as linear α-olefins at high yield, even under relatively mild conditions.

In a ruthenium complex compound according to the present invention, an NHC ligand has an excellent electron-donating ability to stabilize methylidene species due to the steric interaction between substituents having relatively different sizes. The ruthenium complex compound can improve selectivity when used as a catalyst due to having an asymmetric structure, and the activity of the ruthenium complex compound can be improved by adjusting substituents and additives. Accordingly, the ruthenium complex compound can be used as a catalyst in cross metathesis reactions including ethenolysis to produce desired compounds such as linear α-olefins at high yield, even under relatively mild conditions.

In a ruthenium complex compound according to the present invention, an NHC ligand has an excellent electron-donating ability to stabilize methylidene species due to the steric interaction between substituents having relatively different sizes. The ruthenium complex compound can improve selectivity when used as a catalyst due to having an asymmetric structure, and the activity of the ruthenium complex compound can be improved by adjusting substituents and additives. Accordingly, the ruthenium complex compound can be used as a catalyst in cross metathesis reactions including ethenolysis to produce desired compounds such as linear α-olefins at high yield, even under relatively mild conditions.

Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.

Subject of the invention is a process for producing a biofuel from fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, comprising the steps of (a) ethenolysis of the fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of ethylene and an ethenolysis catalyst, and (b) isomerizing metathesis in the presence of an isomerization catalyst and a metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to biofuels obtainable by the inventive process and to uses of ethylene for adjusting and optimizing biofuels.

Subject of the invention is a process for producing a biofuel from fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, comprising the steps of (a) ethenolysis of the fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of ethylene and an ethenolysis catalyst, and (b) isomerizing metathesis in the presence of an isomerization catalyst and a metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to biofuels obtainable by the inventive process and to uses of ethylene for adjusting and optimizing biofuels.

Subject of the invention is a process for producing a biofuel from fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) obtained by transesterification of vegetable oils, comprising the steps of (a) ethenolysis of the fatty acid methyl esters in the presence of ethylene and an ethenolysis catalyst, and (b) isomerizing metathesis in the presence of an isomerization catalyst and a metathesis catalyst. The invention also relates to biofuels obtainable by the inventive process and to uses of ethylene for adjusting and optimizing biofuels.

Described herein are methods of preparing cutin-derived monomers, oligomers, or combinations thereof from cutin-containing plant matter. The methods can include heating the cutin-derived plant matter in a solvent at elevated temperature and pressure. In some preferred embodiments, the methods can be carried out without the use of additional acidic or basic species.