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The hydrocarbon, oxygen and nitrogen functionalities in Rundle Ramsay Crossing oil shale (RXOS) and Green River oil shale (GROS) have been characterized and quantified using selective/nondestructive chemical derivatizations with isotopically labeled reagents followed by solid state 13C-and 29Si-NMR analysis. In addition, in-depth MS and NMR characterization of the structural features associated with shale oils produced from RXOS and GROS under mild conditions which afford high organic conversions (>85%) have been carried out. The results of these studies have been combined and incorporated into molecular models of the structure of the representative organic material in RXOS and GROS. The models agree well with experimental values for elemental composition, aromaticity, distribution of chain lengths and ring system sizes, hydrocarbon and heteroatom functionalities and the proportion of kerogen and bitumen.
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Siskin, M., Scouten, C.G., Rose, K.D., Aczel, T., Colgrove, S.G., Pabst, R.E. (1995). Detailed Structural Characterization of the Organic Material in Rundle Ramsay Crossing and Green River Oil Shales. In: Snape, C. (eds) Composition, Geochemistry and Conversion of Oil Shales. NATO ASI Series, vol 455. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0317-6_9
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