Method for producing 1-olefins by catalytically splitting 1-alkoxyalkanes

US7342144B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• OXENO OLEFINCHEMIE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Alfred Kaizik · Marl, DE
• Dietrich Maschmeyer · Recklinghausen, DE
• Dirk Roettger · Recklinghausen, DE
• Franz Nierlich · Marl, DE
• Cornelia Borgmann · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 11, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02P20/582
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-olefins from 1-alkoxyalkanes, in particular to the preparation of 1-octene from 1-alkoxyoctane, by base-catalyzed alcohol cleavage.