Disproportionation process

Abstract

Abstract 1. A PROCESS FOR THE DISPROPORTIONATION OF OLEFINS, WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A FEEDSTREAM CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OLEFINIC COMPOUND CAPABLE OF BEING DISPORTIONATED WITH A CATALYST WHICH IS PREPARED BY CONTACTING A CARBONYL COMPLEX HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA R(M(CO)AXB) WHEREIN R IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKALI METAL IONS AND CATIONS OF THE TYPE J4Q WHEREIN Q IS SELECTED FROM TGHE GROUP CONSISTING OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHOROUS, ARSENIC, AND ANTIMONY, AND J IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, HYDROCARBYL RADICALS, AND THE HALOGENATED AND OXYGENATED DERIVATIVES THEREOF, HAVING UP TO 30 CARBON ATOMS, M IS A GROUP VI TRANSITION METAL, X IS A UNINEGATIVELY CHARGED LIGAND, SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HALIDE, CYANIDE, CYANATE, THIOCYANATE, AZIDE, C1 TO C20 ALKOXIDE RADICALS, C1 TO C20 JCARBOXYLATE RADICALS, AND THE HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES THEREOF, A IS AN INTEGER FROM 1 TO 5, AND B IS AN INTEGER OF FROM 1 TIO 3, WITH AN ACTIVATOR, SAID ACTIVATOR COMPRISING A COMPOUND SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COMPOUNDS HAVING THE GENERAL FORMULA RNLYM WHEREIN R IS INDEPENDENTLY SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, HYDROCARBYL RADICALS, AND THE HALOGENATED AND OXYGENATED DERIVATIVES THEREOF, SAID ACTIVATOR CONTAINING UP TO 30 CARBON ATOMS, L IS SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF GROUP I-A, II-A AND III-A METALS, SAID METALS HAVING AN ATOMIC NUMBER OF FROM 3 TO 31, YY IS A HYDROGEN RADICAL, N IS AN INTEGER OF FROM 1 TO 3, AND M IS AN INTEGER OF FROM 0 TO 3, N AND M HAVING A TOTAL EQUAL TO THE VALENCE OF L, AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT -100 TO +150*C, AND A PRESSURE OF BETWEEN 0.1 AND 1000 ATMOSPHERES, THE MOLAR RATIO OF THE ACTIVATOR TO CARBONYL COMPLEX VARYING BETWEEN 0.5:1 AND 50:1, WHEREBY SAID OLEFINIC COMPOUND IS DISPROPORTIONATED.

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• 👤 G Doyle

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