摘要 |
603129 Methods of producing useful products, such as hydrocarbons and other molecules that are useful as fuels, from carbonaceous materials, are disclosed. Such methods include obtaining a carbonaceous material, such as coal, from a deposit and treating the carbonaceous material with one or more with one or more esters of acetic acid, alone or in combination, to solubilize the material in preparation for further processing, such as bioconversion, to produce useful products, or solubilizing the carbonaceous material in a formation using the above-recited chemicals, removing the solubilized material from the formation and bioconverting it to produce useful products, or solubilizing the material using the above-recited chemicals and bioconverting at least a portion of the solubilized material in a formation followed by recovery of useful products from the formation. Wherein the ester of acetic acid is selected from the group consisting of methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, propyl acetate, isopropyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, isobutyl acetate, amyl acetate, isoamyl acetate, hexyl acetate, heptyl acetate, octyl acetate, nonanyl acetate, decyl acetate, undecyl acetate, lauryl acetate, tridecyl acetate, myristyl acetate, pentadecyl acetate, cetyl acetate, heptadecyl acetate, stearyl acetate, behenyl acetate, hexacosyl acetate, triacontyl acetate, benzyl acetate, bornyl acetate, isobornyl acetate and cyclohexyl acetate. |