Process for making a mixture of ethylene and butene-1

US4484016A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Donald M. Maschmeyer · Lake Jackson, US
• Allan E. Fowler · Lake Jackson, US
• Steve A. Sims · Angleton, US
• G. Eldon White · Lake Jackson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 1983
• Grant date: Nov 20, 1984
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2/88
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Butene-1 and ethylene mixtures are made by reacting ethylene with a trialkyl aluminum in a boiling bed reactor. The process is more efficient in that it is selective for making butene-1 and more butene-1 is produced per unit weight of the trialkyl aluminum.