Patent ID: 8779164
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B01J,C07C,C07F

Abstract:
1. A process to prepare 1-octene comprising the steps of (i) reacting 1,3-butadiene with a primary aliphatic alcohol or an aromatic hydroxyl compound having the formula to form a 1-substituted-2,7-octadiene of the formula in which R represents a residue of the primary aliphatic alcohol or the aromatic hydroxyl compound, in the presence of a catalyst composition comprising palladium and a phosphine ligand represented by any of the following formulas: R (ii) subjecting the 1-substituted-2,7-octadiene formed in step (i) to hydrogenation in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, to form a 1-substituted octane of the formula CH (iii) decomposing the 1-substituted octane formed in step (ii) in the presence of a suitable catalyst to form 1-octene.