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Ruthenium catalyzed ethenolysis of renewable oleonitrile
Author(s) -
Bidange Johan,
Dubois JeanLuc,
Couturier JeanLuc,
Fischmeister Cédric,
Bruneau Christian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european journal of lipid science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.614
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1438-9312
pISSN - 1438-7697
DOI - 10.1002/ejlt.201400184
Subject(s) - ruthenium , catalysis , ethylene , metathesis , selectivity , chemistry , oleic acid , methyl oleate , organic chemistry , salt metathesis reaction , polymer , combinatorial chemistry , polymerization , biochemistry
Oleonitrile is a bio‐sourced compound readily obtained by ammoniation of the renewable oleic acid. The production of the short chain undecenitrile by ethenolysis (cross‐metathesis with ethylene) of oleonitrile is reported. Optimization of the reaction conditions led to promising TONs of 1400 with high selectivity for the ethenolysis products. From a series of catalysts tested, the bulky and activated M71 SiPr catalyst enabled the best performances. The influence of feed purification method was investigated in details and it was found that thermal treatment of the feed was required to ensure the highest productivity. Practical applications: The selective ethenolysis of oleonitrile provides a direct access to bio‐sourced 9‐decenitrile and 1‐decene. These two compounds of interest for the synthesis of polymers precursors have also some potential use as fuel additives. The ruthenium catalyzed cross‐metathesis of the bio‐sourced oleonitrile with ethylene (ethenolysis) is presented. 9‐Decenitrile and 1‐decene were produced with high selectivity (88%) at low catalyst loading (0.0625 mol%).