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Synthesis of Synthetic Lubricants by Trimerization of 1‐Decene and 1‐Dodecene with Homogeneous Chromium Catalysts
Author(s) -
Wasserscheid Peter,
Grimm Siegfried,
Köhn Randolf D.,
Haufe Matthias
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/1615-4169(20011231)343:8<814::aid-adsc814>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - chemistry , trimer , catalysis , chromium , homogeneous , selectivity , organic chemistry , homogeneous catalysis , polymer chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , dimer
The Cr‐catalyzed trimerization of 1‐decene and 1‐dodecene is a highly selective method to synthesize C 30 and C 36 olefins. After hydrogenation, these products display very attractive viscosity indices (VI's). Due to the high trimer selectivity of the reaction no additional work‐up is needed to separate C 20 , C 24 or C 40+ oligomers from the product prior to a potential use of these products in synthetic lubricants for automotive applications.