Yilan oil shale organic matter was depolymerized by sequential thermal dissolution in tetralin.The soluble portions (SP) were analyzed by GC-MS and classified into different components
and the residues were analyzed by FT-IR and 13C NMR.Based on the above information
Yilan oil shale organic molecular structure was revealed at a molecular level.The results indicated that Yilan oil shale organic matter could be depolymerized by sequential thermal dissolution from 200℃ to 400℃
the yields of soluble portions at 200
300
350
375 and 400℃ were 8.8%
9.9%
18.5%
19.2% and 23.4%
respectively
and the total yield was 79.8%.In the total soluble fraction
aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds accounted for more than 36.9%(including 27.4%n-alkanes and 8.7% branched alkanes)
alcohols/phenol 5.5%
aromatic hydrocarbon 32.0%
ketones 12.7%
ether/ester 5.4%
and the other compounds 7.5%.The order of yield of compounds is as follow:aliphatic hydrocarbons > aromatic compounds > ketones > phenols > alcohols/esters.The identified n-alkanes in soluble portions have a distribution range from C14 to C30 with two maximum values at C16 and C26.