Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 317-320.

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Cr(Ⅲ)-Based Catalyst System for Oligomerization of Ethylene to 1-Octene with High Selectivity

ZHANG Baojun1,2, WANG Gang2, WANG Sihan2, ZHANG Deshun2, WANG Yanji1*   

  1. 1 School of Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300130, China; 2 Daqing Petrochemical Research Center, PetroChina Company Limited, Daqing 163714, Heilongjiang, China
  • Received:2007-04-25 Online:2007-04-25 Published:2011-03-28

Abstract: A four-membered catalyst system (chromium acetyl acetonate (Cr(acac)3)-diphosphinoamine-methylaluminoxane-hexachloroethane) was used in ethylene oligomerization. The effects of promoters, cocatalysts, and reaction conditions such as Al/Cr molar ratio, reaction temperature, and reaction pressure on its catalytic activity and selectivity for 1-octene were studied. The results showed that the four-membered catalyst system for ethylene oligomerization improved the selectivity for 1-octene evidently. Besides the target product 1-octene, main side-products such as 1-hexene, methylcyclopentane, and methylenecyclopentane were also valuable. Methylaluminoxane was an indispensable cocatalyst for producing 1-octene with high selectivity. Hexachloroethane showed a significant promotion effect on improving selectivity towards 1-octene over chromium centers.

Key words: chromium acetyl acetonate, diphosphinoamine, methylaluminoxane, hexachloroethane, ethylene, oligomerization, octene