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Process for producing 1-hexene

US6521806B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1995
Grant dateFeb 18, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C2531/24
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for preparing 1-hexene which comprises trimerizing ethylene in a 1-hexene solvent in the presence of a catalyst system prepared by contacting in a 1-hexene solvent the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D):(A) a chromium-containing compound represented by the general formula: CrXkYm wherein X is a residue of a carboxylic acid, a residue of a 1,3-diketone, a halogen atom or an alkoxyl group, k is an integer of 2 to 4, Y in Ym is an amine compound, a phosphine compound, a phosphine oxide compound, a nitrosyl group or an ether compound and m is an integer of 0 to 6, with the proviso that any two Y's may be same or different;(B) trialkylaluminum or dialkylaluminum hydride;(C) a pyrrole compound or a derivative thereof;(D) a group 13 (IIIB)-halogen compound represented by the general formula: MTtU3-t or a group 14 (IVB)-halogen compound represented by the general formula: M′Tt′U4-t′ wherein M is an atom from the group 13 (IIIB), M′ is an atom from the group 14(IVB), T is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an allyl group or a hydrogen atom, U is a halogen atom, t is a real number of 0 or more and less than 3 and t′ is a real number of 0 or more an…

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