Patent ID: 7425658

Claim:
A method for producing 1-octene from butadiene comprising: dimerizing and alkoxylating butadiene in the presence of one or more alkoxy substituted phenyl phosphine ligands under alkoxydimerization conditions comprising an alkoxydimerization catalyst wherein said alkoxydimerization catalyst comprises a metal compound which is either soluble or superficially insoluble in said alkanol/ligand solution, said metal being selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, iridium, rhenium, ruthenium, and osmium, said alkoxydimerization conditions being effective to produce an alkoxydimerization product comprising one or more alkoxy substituted octadienes comprising primarily 1-alkoxy substituted octadiene; hydrogenating the alkoxydimerization product under hydrogenation conditions effective to produce a hydrogenation product comprising primarily 1-alkoxy substituted octane; and, eliminating the alkoxy group from the hydrogenation product under elimination conditions effective to produce an elimination product comprising primarily 1-octene and a first alkanol having from about 1 to about 3 carbon atoms; and, separating said 1-octene from said elimination product.