G. Standen

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used selective chemical degradation with ruthenium tetroxide (RuO4) for the characterization of two kerogen isolates (Messel and Kimmeridge Clay), two kerogen-rich shales (Green River and Maoming) and a coal, (Loy Yang) was undertaken using a mild, oxidative technique.

TL;DR: In this article, the average molecular structure was obtained from solid state dipolar dephased 13C-CP/MAS NMR, using a peak synthesis approach based on chemical shifts of standard compounds.

TL;DR: The significance and validity of integrating data obtained from a variety of analytical techniques to understand, elucidate and model the complex chemical structure of the Alum Shale kerogen was reported in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed molecular characterisation of Messel kerogen using selective chemical degradation with ruthenium tetroxide (RuO 4 ) and found that high co-oxidant/substrate ratios yield high percentage of organic solvent extract and an increase in temperature liberates more products from the lower c/s ratio reaction mixtures more rapidly.

TL;DR: In this article, two physically separated, co-existing lithotypes of German brown coal (a structured woody and anamorphous) were subjected to ruthenium tetroxide (RuO 4 ) oxidation and pyrolysis-g.c.-m.s.