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The Synthesis and Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Thiophenes and Related Heterocycles Occurring in Coal-derived Products

Journal Title, Volume, Page: 
Lectures in heterocyclic chemistry, Volume 7, Pages 1-52
Year of Publication: 
1984
Authors: 
M. J. Musmar
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Current Affiliation: 
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine
M. Robert Willcott III
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Gary E. Martin
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Robert T. Gampe Jr.
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Masatomo Iwao
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Milton L. Lee
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Ralph E. Hurd
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Leroy F. Johnson
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Raymond N. Castle
Univ. South Florida, dep. chemistry
Preferred Abstract (Original): 

 As the supplies of petroleum diminish, it will become ne­cessary to search for other sources of liquid fuels. Because of the relatively large coal reserves available worldwide, this appears to be thelogical source of additional quanti­ties of liquid fuels.
Recently, much attention has been focussed on coal li­quification and as recently as September, 1982, the Divi­sion of Fuel Chemistry of the American Chemical Society sponsored a Symposium on Coal Liquification [7].
In contrast with petroleum, the components of coal, coal liquids and other coal-derived products are primarily aro­matic in nature and as a result present considerably great­er health hazards when produced and handled on a large scale. There have been many different structures proposed for coal.

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