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A photobiocatalytic cascade transforming natural triglycerides into alkanes/alkenes is proposed. Starting from natural triglycerides, free fatty acids have been obtained using lipases. The free fatty acids were then, in a photoenzymatic step, decarboxylated into the C1‐shortened alkanes using a recently described photodecarboxylase from Chlorella variabilis NC64A. This cascade produced alkanes from various natural (waste) oils in significant amounts (up to 24 g L−1) and may provide a basis for valorisation of waste oils into a next generation of biodiesel.
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