Process for the preparation of alpha olefins
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorEugene Frederick Lutz
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Abstract
This invention relates a process for the preparation of an alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range which comprises metathesizing an internal olefin under non-equilibrium conditions and thereby producing a lower boiling internal olefin product which is removed as formed, and a high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product, thereafter contacting and reacting the high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product with ethylene to produce an alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range.
Claims18
A process for the preparation of a alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range which comprises:
- a) metathesizing an internal olefin having in the range of from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms under non-equilibrium conditions and thereby producing a lower boiling internal olefin product which is removed as formed, and a high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product, and b) contacting and reacting the high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product with ethylene, thereby producing an alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range.
An alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range prepared by a process which comprises:
- a) metathesizing an internal olefin having in the range of from about 6 to about 30 carbon atoms under non-equilibrium conditions and thereby producing a lower boiling internal olefin product which is removed as formed, and a high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product, and b) contacting and reacting the high boiling mid-chain internal olefin product with ethylene, thereby producing an alpha olefin product having a narrow molecular weight range.
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