The role of alkenes produced during hydrous pyrolysis of a shale
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Hydrous pyrolysis experiments conducted on Messel shale with D2O demonstrated that a large amount of deuterium becomes incorporated into the hydrocarbons generated from the shale kerogen. In order to understand the pathway of deuterium (and protium) exchange and the role of water during hydrous pyrolysis, we conducted a series of experiments using aliphatic compounds (1,13-tetradecadiene, 1-hexadecene, eicosane and dotriacontane) as probe molecules. These compounds were pyrolyzed in D2O, shale/D2O, and shale/H2O and the products analyzed by GC±MS. In the absence of powdered shale, the incorporation of deuterium from D2O occurred only in ole®nic compounds via double bond isomerization. The presence of shale accelerated deuterium incorporation into the ole®ns and resulted in a minor amount of deuterium incorporation in the saturated n-alkanes. The pattern of deuterium substitution of the diene closely matched the deuterium distribution observed in the n-alkanes generated from the shale kerogen in the D2O/ shale pyrolyses. The presence of the shale also resulted in reduction (hydrogenation) of ole®ns to saturated n-alkanes with concomitant oxidation of ole®ns to ketones. These results show that under hydrous pyrolysis conditions, kerogen breakdown generates n-alkanes and terminal n-alkenes by free radical hydrocarbon cracking of the aliphatic kerogen structure. The terminal n-alkenes rapidly isomerize to internal alkenes via acid-catalyzed isomerization under hydrothermal conditions, a signi®cant pathway of deuterium (and protium) exchange between water and the hydrocarbons. These n-alkenes simultaneously undergo reduction to n-alkanes (major) or oxidation to ketones (minor) via alcohols formed by the hydration of the alkenes. # 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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