Patent ID: 8809563
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: B01J,C07C,C07D,C07F,C10G,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A process to produce C 4 to C 24 linear alpha-olefin comprising contacting a feed material with an alkene selected from the group consisting of ethylene, propylene butene, pentene, hexene, heptene, octene, nonene, and mixtures thereof and a metathesis catalyst compound represented by the formula: wherein M is a Group 8 metal from the Periodic Table of the Elements; X and X L is a neutral two electron donor; L R is a C G* is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C R R G is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C and wherein the alpha olefin produced has at least one more carbon atom than the alkene, wherein the feed material is a triacylglyceride, fatty acid, fatty acid alkyl ester and fatty acid ester derived from seed oil.