Preparation of normally liquid higher molecular weight olefins

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A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF NORMALLY LIQUID OLEFIN POLYMERS HAVING A DEGREE OF POLYMERIZATION IN THE RANGE FROM ABOUT 5 TO 1000, WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A MIXTURE OF A POLYMERIZABLE A-OLEFIN HAVING THE FORMULA: R-CH=CH2 IN WHICH THE SEVERAL R''S ARE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, PHENYL, CYCLOALKYL, METHYL, ETHYL, PROPYL, AND BUTYL, AND IN WHICH X IS A HALIDE HAVING AN ATOMIC NUMBER BELOW 36, THE RATIO OF OLEFIN TO ALLYL HALIDE IN WHICH R IS A RADICAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND ALKYLS HAVING LESS THAN 21 CARBON ATOMS, AND AN ALLYL HALIDE CONTAINING 3 TO 13 CARBON ATOMS OF THE GENERAL FORMULA: X-C(-R'')2-C(-R'')=C(-R'')2 IN THE MIXTURE BEING IN THE RANGE 10:1 TO 10,000:1, WITH A CATALYST FORMED BY THE INTERACTION OF TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE WITH A TRI-LOWER ALKYL ALUMINUM AT A TEMPERATURE IN THE RANGE -50* TO 150*C. AND AT A PRESSURE IN THE RANGE 1 TO 100 ATMOSPHERES.