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Nickel complexes in diol solvents and their use as oligomerization catalyst precursors
Assignee: Shell USA Inc
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Filing: 1980-01-30
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Granted: 1981-04-07
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Expires: 2000-01-30
Abstract
Abstract Ethylene is oligomerized to even numbered alpha-monoolefins principally in the C 4 to C 40 range with minimal concomittant production of high molecular weight polyethylene by reacting ethylene in a diol solvent in an oligomerization reaction zone at elevated pressure with a nickel complex catalyst composition produced by combining in the reaction zone, (a) a stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in a diol solvent, said complex being prepared by contacting in a diol solvent and in the presence of ethylene, a nickel salt, a base and a boron hydride transfer agent and (b) a suitable bidentate ligand; the stable nickel complex solution and the bidentate ligand being added in separate portions to the reaction zone. These stable complexes of nickel, ethylene and hydride in diol solution are considered to be novel oligomerization catalyst precursor compositions.
Inventors
- 👤 Albert E. O'Donnell
- 👤 Clarence Gum
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 20:03
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J31/00; B01J31/16; B01J31/22; B01J31/2204; B01J31/2208; B01J31/2226; B01J31/2247; B01J31/18; B01J31/1845; B01J31/1875; C; C07; C07C; C07C2/00; C07C2/02; C07C2/04; C07C2/06; C07C2/08; C07C2/26; C07C2/36; B01J2231/00; B01J2231/20; B01J2531/00; B01J2531/80; B01J2531/84; B01J2531/847; C07C2527/00; C07C2527/06; C07C2527/128; C07C2531/00; C07C2531/02; C07C2531/04; C07C2531/12; C07C2531/14; C07C2531/16; C07C2531/24
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A process of oligomerizing ethylene to linear, alpha olefins which comprises reacting ethylene in an aliphatic diol solvent in an oligomerization reaction zone at elevated pressure with a nickel complex catalyst composition produced by combining in the reaction zone (a) a stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in an aliphatic diol solvent, said complex being prepared by contacting in the diol solvent and in the presence of ethylene (1) a simple divalent nickel salt (2) a base and (3) a boron hydride transfer agent and (b) a suitable bidentate ligand; the stable nickel complex in diol solvent and the bidentate ligand being added in separate portions to the reaction zone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
112 words
A process of oligomerizing ethylene to linear, alpha olefins which comprises reacting ethylene in an aliphatic diol solvent in an oligomerization reaction zone at elevated pressure with a nickel complex catalyst composition produced by combining in the reaction zone (a) a stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in an aliphatic diol solvent, said complex being prepared by contacting in the diol solvent and in the presence of ethylene (1) a simple divalent nickel salt (2) a base and (3) a boron hydride transfer agent and (b) a suitable bidentate ligand; the stable nickel complex in diol solvent and the bidentate ligand being added in separate portions to the reaction zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
The process according to claim 1, wherein the bidentate ligand employed is an organo-phosphine having a tertiary organophosphorus moiety with a suitable functional group substituted on a carbon atom attached more than two carbon atoms from the phosphorus atom of the organophosphorus moiety.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
129 words
The process according to claim 2, wherein the organophosphorus bidentate ligand is selected from compounds having the general formula: ##STR2## wherein R, independently, is a monovalent organo group, R' a monovalent hydrocarbyl group, X is carboxymethyl or carboxyethyl; Y is hydroxymethyl, mercaptomethyl, hydrocarbyl of up to 10 carbon atoms or hydrycarbyloxycarbonyl of up to 10 carbon atoms; A is hydrogen or an aromatic group of up to 10 carbon atoms; M is hydrogen or an alkali metal; x and y are zero, one or two and the sum of x and y is two, with the provison that when x is two the R groups may together with the phosphorus atom form a mono- or bicyclic heterocyclic phosphine having from 5 to 7 carbon atoms in each ring thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the organophosphine bidentate ligand is an o-dihydricarbylphosphinobenzoic acid.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the organophosphine bidentate ligand is selected from the class consisting of o-diphenylphosphinobenzoic acid and dicyclohexylphosphinopropionic acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process according to claim 3, wherein the simple divalent nickel salt has a solubility in the aliphatic diol solvent used to prepare the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride of at least 0.0005 mole per liter of solvent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
102 words
The process according to claim 6, wherein the simple divalent nickel salt is selected from the class consisting of nickel halides and nickel alkanoates; the base is selected from the class consisting of alkali metal hydroxdes and alkaline earth meatal hydroxides; the boron hydride transfer agent is selected from the class consisting of alkali metal borohydrides, alkali metal alkoxyborohydrides and tetraalkylammonium borohydrides and the aliphatic diol solvent employed to prepare the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride is an aliphtic diol of 2 to 7 carbon atoms selected from the class consisting of vicinal alkane diols and alpha, omega-alkane diols.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
80 words
The process according to claim 7, wherein the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in aliphatic diol solvent is prepared under an ethylene pressure of about 10 psig to about 5000 psig at a temperature of about 0° to about 100° C. and the oligomerization reaction as carried out under an ethylene pressure in the oligomerization reaction zone of about 10 to about 5000 psig at an oligomerization reaction zone temperature of about 50° to about 150° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The process according to claim 8, wherin the aliphatic diol solvent used to prepare the stable preformed complex solution of nickel, ethylene and hydride and the aliphatic diol solvent used in the oligomerization reaction zone are the same.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
The process according to claim 9, wherein the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride is prepared using a nickel salt to boron hydride molor ratio of from about 0.2:1.0 to about 2.0:1.0 and a nickel salt to base molar ratio of about 0.33:1.0 to about 10.0:1.0 using sufficient aliphatic diol solvent to afford a nickel complex solution containing from about 0.002 to 0.2% by weight nickel.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
48 words
The process according to claim 10, wherein the oligomerization reaction is carried out by adding the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride and the bidentate ligand to the oligomerization reaction zone at a molar ratio of nickel to ligand of from about 0.5:1.0 to about 5.0:1.0.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
53 words
The process according to claim 11, wherein the preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in aliphatic diol solution and the bidentate ligand are added to the oligomerization reaction zone to provide a concentration of catalyst (calculated as parts per million of ligand in the diol reaction solvent) of at least 10 ppm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 12, wherein the preparation of the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in diol solvent and the oligomerization reaction are carried out continuously.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process according to claim 13, wherein the amount of aliphatic diol solvent in the reaction zone ranges between about 0.1 to 1.0 liters of solvent per mole of ethylene.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process according to claim 14, wherein the aliphatic diol solvent is 1,4-butanediol, the simple divalent nickel salt is nickel chloride, the boron hydride transfer agent is sodium borohydride, the base is potassium hydroxide and the bidentate ligand is o-diphenylphosphenobenzoic acid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
47 words
The process according to claim 15, wherein the oligomerization reaction is carried out by adding the stable preformed complex of nickel, ethylene and hydride in 1,4-butanediol and the bidentate ligand to the oligomerization reaction zone at a molar ratio of nickel to bidentate ligand of about 1.6:1.0.
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