1-Octene → Octane

0.12 mmoles of (η5-cyclopentadienyl)titanium trichloride (CpTiCl3; Aldrich commercial product), 20 ml of anhydrous cyclohexane, 0.03 ml of a solution of n-dibutylglima 0.45 M in anhydrous cyclohexane and 0.54 ml of 1 molar Mg(butyl)2 in n-heptane (atomic ratio Mg/Ti=4.5), are charged into a tailed test-tube equipped with a magnetic stirrer, in an atmosphere of argon. The mixture is left under stirring for 20 hours at room temperature (the solution takes on an extremely dark colouring). 18.8 ml of 1-octene (distilled and maintained on molecular sieves) are added. At this point the solution is siphoned in an autoclave previously maintained under argon and the same procedure is carried out as described in example 1 above. At the end it is cooled to room temperature. About 18 ml of octane and 0.4 ml of 2-octene are obtained by distillation (GC, mass GC and NMR analyses). The results and process conditions are summarized in table 1 below.

1. customequipped with a magnetic stirrer, in an atmosphere of argon
2. waitThe mixture is left
3. temperaturepreviously maintained under argon
4. temperatureAt the end it is cooled to room temperature

ORD record

ord-ebe4c572d1ad4b1786314cea06bd93ec

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_01

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06180553B2