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US 2020/0338542 A1Published application
Process for oligomerization
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsJerzy Klosin, Kara A. Milbrandt, Scott D. Boelter, David R. Wilson, Mari S. Rosen, Dean M. Welsh, Peter M. Margl, Kyoung Moo Koh, David M. Pearson, Rafael Huacuja
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Abstract
The invention relates to oligomerization of olefins, such as ethylene, to higher olefins, such as a mixture of 1-hexene and 1-octene, using a catalyst system that comprises a) a source of chromium b) one or more activators and c) a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound. Additionally, the invention relates to a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound and a process for making said compound.
Claims11
A process for oligomerizing an olefin comprising:
- contacting at least one olefin with a catalyst system under olefin oligomerization conditions sufficient to convert at least a portion of the at least one olefin to a product comprising at least one oligomer of the at least one olefin, the catalyst system comprising:
- a) a source of chromium;
- b) one or more activators;
- and,
- c) at least one phosphacycle-containing ligating compound of the formula:
- wherein:
- R5 attached to N is independently C1-40 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, C1-40 substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
- each R5 attached to the phenyl group is independently halogen, C1-40 substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, C1-40 substituted or unsubstituted aryl;
- n is an integer from 0 to 5;
- and R3 and R4 independently are represented by alkyl, substituted alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, furanyl, substituted furanyl, thienyl, substituted thienyl, pyrrolyl, substituted pyrrolyl, pyridinyl, and substituted pyridinyl.
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