Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for the dimerisation of ethylene into butene-1 carried out with a catalytic composition comprising: at least one nickel precursor with a degree of oxidation (+II); at least one phosphine ligand of formula PR 1 R 2 R 3 , in which groups R 1 , R 2 and R 3 may be identical or different and may or may not be bonded to one another; and at least one activating agent selected from the group containing the chlorinated or brominated compounds of hydrocarbylaluminium, either alone or in admixture, said composition having a molar ratio of phosphine ligand to nickel precursor of between 5 and 30 and a molar ratio of activating agent to phosphine ligand greater than or equal to 1.
Abstract:
The invention relates to oligomerization of olefins, such as ethylene, to higher olefins, such as a mixture of 1-hexene and 1-octene, using a catalyst system that comprises a) a source of chromium b) one or more activators and c) a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound. Additionally, the invention relates to a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound and a process for making said compound.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a novel disymmetric nickel-based complex and to the method for the production thereof from at least one diphosphinamine ligand B1 of formula (R 1 )(R' 1 )P-N(R 3 )-P(R 2 )(R' 2 ), or an iminobisphosphine ligand B2 of formula (R 3 )N=P(R 1 )(R' 1 )-P(R 2 )(R' 2 ). The invention also relates to the use of said complex in a method for the oligomerisation of olefins.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition comprising: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure
(C) R 1 R 2 P-N(R 3 )-P(R 4 )-NR 5 R 6
or
(D) R 1 R 2 P-N(R 3 )-P(XR 7 )R 8 or R 1 R 2 P-N(R 3 )-P(XR 7 ) 2 ,
with X = O or S, wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are independently selected from C 1 -C 10 -alkyl, C 6 C 20 -aryl, C 3 -C 10 -cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl and trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
Abstract:
The oligomerization of ethylene using a chromium catalyst having a bridged diphosphine ligand can produce a selective product distribution (to predominantly hexene or predominantly octene/hexene) when activated with an aluminoxane. The oligomerization reaction also produces polymer by product—particularly when the aluminoxane is provided in a non-aromatic solvent. The present invention mitigates this problem.