Patent ID: 8962904
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B01J,C07C

Abstract:
1. An improved method for producing alpha-olefin by catalytically cleaving a methyl-octyl ether precursor, comprising using a catalytic composition that includes a gamma-alumina substrate doped with at least one element selected from the group bismuth, copper, gallium, phosphorus, tin, and zinc, an amount of each element being within a range of from 150 parts per million to 1,000 parts per million relative to a total doped weight of the gamma-alumina substrate to catalytically cleave the methyl-octyl ether precursor and increase the yield to alpha-olefin by improving the selectivity to alpha-olefin and/or the conversion of the methyl-octyl ether at a desired alpha-olefin purity relative to an undoped gamma-alumina substrate.