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Study of ethylene oligomerization
Author(s) -
Ács G.,
Péter A.,
Huhn P.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
international journal of chemical kinetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.341
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1097-4601
pISSN - 0538-8066
DOI - 10.1002/kin.550140404
Subject(s) - chemistry , ethylene , radical , propionaldehyde , decomposition , isomerization , photochemistry , product distribution , thermal decomposition , polymerization , yield (engineering) , carbon fibers , chain termination , organic chemistry , acetaldehyde , catalysis , radical polymerization , ethanol , polymer , thermodynamics , physics , materials science , composite number , composite material
A study was made of the oligomerization of ethylene, initiated by the thermal decomposition of azoethane and azo‐isopropane at low temperatures, where the polymerization equilibria are shifted somewhat in the direction of the formation of products with longer carbon chains. The findings supported the picture acquired from a study of the propionaldehyde–ethylene system. Also under these conditions the oligomerization proceeds via addition between the ethylene and radicals, followed by isomerization and decomposition of the longer radicals, with a tendency to yield propylene and longer olefins. At the lower temperatures the decomposition of radicals with shorter carbon chain becomes less important in comparison with their addition reactions and, in spite of the otherwise identical mechanism, this leads to a different product distribution.