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Title: Selective catalytic production of linear alpha olefins from lactones and unsaturated carboxylic acids

Abstract

Described is a method to make linear alpha olefins. The method includes the steps of contacting a feedstock having a lactone and/or an unsaturated carboxylic acid with a solid acid catalyst having acidic catalytic sites including Lewis acid catalytic sites, for a time and a temperature wherein at least a fraction of the lactone and/or unsaturated carboxylic acid present in the feedstock is converted into a linear alpha olefin. The method may optionally take place in the presence of water. The solid acid catalyst should preferably have at least 50% Lewis acid catalytic sites.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI, (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1506947
Patent Number(s):
10207960
Application Number:
13/928,811
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, WI)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
DOE Contract Number:  
FC02-07ER64494
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Jun 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Dumesic, James Anthony, Wang, Dong, Hakim, Sikander Hussain, and Martin Alonso, David. Selective catalytic production of linear alpha olefins from lactones and unsaturated carboxylic acids. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Dumesic, James Anthony, Wang, Dong, Hakim, Sikander Hussain, & Martin Alonso, David. Selective catalytic production of linear alpha olefins from lactones and unsaturated carboxylic acids. United States.
Dumesic, James Anthony, Wang, Dong, Hakim, Sikander Hussain, and Martin Alonso, David. Tue . "Selective catalytic production of linear alpha olefins from lactones and unsaturated carboxylic acids". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1506947.
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