METHOD OF PRODUCING HIGHLY BRANCHED PROPYLENE TRIMERS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC C07C11/02 C07C2/08 B01J31/12 B01J32/00 B01J35/10 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of producing highly branched propylene trimers (2,6-dimethylheptene-3, 2,6-dimethylheptene-2, 4,6-dimethylheptene-3, 2-methyloctene-2, 7-methyloctene-3) in a heterogeneous catalyst system containing silicon oxides, characterised by that the catalyst used is bis-allyl nickel Ni(C₃H₅)₂, which is deposited on silicious leaves of diatomic algae with specific surface area ranging from 20 to 165 m²/g; catalytic trimerisation of propylene takes place in a toluene medium while actively stirring the catalyst suspension in toluene in a propylene atmosphere, wherein content of nickel in the catalyst is equal to 0.4-10.5 wt %; the reaction takes place at temperature 20-25°C and atmospheric pressure.

EFFECT: high output of the desired product with considerably affordable method of producing said product.

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