Patent ID: 8809563

Claim:
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 1 are anionic ligands; L is a neutral two electron donor; L 1 is P; R is a C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbyl or a C 1 to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyl; G* is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbyl, and a C 1 to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyl; R 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbyl, and a C 1 to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyl; R 2 is selected form the Group consisting of hydrogen, C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbyl, and C 1 to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyl; and G is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, C 1 to C 30 hydrocarbyls and C 1 to C 30 substituted hydrocarbyls 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.