Method for preparing linear alpha-olefins

US8809613B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• SAUDI BASIC INDUSTRIES CORPORATION · SA
• Linde GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Peter M. Fritz · Unterhaching, DE
• Heinz Bölt · Wolfratshausen, DE
• Andreas Meiswinkel · Munich, DE
• Carsten Taube · Ebersberg, DE
• Florian Winkler · Munich, DE
• Volker Göke · Wolfratshausen, DE
• Wolfgang Muller · Königsfeld, DE
• Anina Wöhl · Munich, DE
• Richard Schneider · Murnau am Staffelsee, DE
• Uwe Rosenthal · Munich, DE
• Helmut Fritz · Munich, DE
• Bernd H. Müller · Rostock, DE
• Normen Peulecke · Rostock, DE
• Stephan Peitz · Johannesweg, DE
• Bhaskar Reddy Aluri · Rostock, DE
• Mohammed H. Al-Hazmi · Riyadh, SA
• Shahid Azam · Riyadh, SA
• Fuad Mosa · Riyadh, SA
• Abdullah Al-Dugathier · Riyadh, SA

Key dates

• Filing date: May 28, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2014
• Expiry date: May 28, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07C2531/14
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for preparing linear alpha-olefins (LAO) by oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of a solvent and homogeneous catalyst, comprising the steps of: