Process for manufacturing alkanes
US6469225B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/931
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for the manufacture of alkanes comprising a cross-metathesis reaction between at least one starting alkane (A) and one organometallic compound (B) fixed to an inorganic support and comprising a metal bonded to at least one hydrocarbon-comprising radical. The reaction leads to the formation of at least one other alkane (C) which is a higher or lower homologue of the starting alkane (A), by cleavage of the hydrocarbon-comprising radical with the metal of the organometallic compound (B) and recombination of the radical with at least one other radical originating from a cleavage of the starting alkane (A). The metal of the compound (B) preferably is selected from transition metals, lanthanides and actinides, and the hydrocarbon-comprising radical of the compound (B) preferably is selected from alkyl, alkylidene and alkylidyne radicals.
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