The nature of straight-chain aliphatic structures in green river kerogen |
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| Authors: | DK Young TF Yen |
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| Institution: | Departments of Chemical Engineering and Medicine (Biochemistry), and Program of Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA90007, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | Previous studies of the Green River kerogen only provide apparently contradictory conclusions about the size of the straight-chain aliphatic structures as well as the manner in which these structures form part of the kerogen matrix.The present investigation is an attempt to resolve this contradiction. A mild stepwise oxidation procedure was followed so that extensive degradation of kerogen-derived intermediates could be prevented. Products isolated from each oxidation step were analyzed by conventional GLC techniques, GC-MS, and proton-NMR measurements in order to ascertain the significance of the straight-chain aliphatic structures present in the Green River kerogen.The following results were obtained: (a) Green River kerogen contains a substantial portion (ca 2–4 carbons out of every 10) of straight-chain aliphatic structures which are longer than C4, (b) the kerogen matrix forms a three-dimensional network of non-straight-chain clusters interconnected by long polymethylene cross-links, (c) the ‘core’, in comparison with the ‘periphery’ of the kerogen matrix, contains a greater proportion of straight-chain and branched aliphatic structures which are attached to the kerogen matrix at one terminus, (d) some of the straight-chain structures may exist as physically entrapped components in the kerogen matrix. |
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