UNSATURATED FATTY ALCOHOL COMPOSITIONS AND DERIVATIVES FROM NATURAL OIL METATHESIS

摘要

Unsaturated alcohol compositions are obtained by reducing a metathesis-derived hydrocarbyl unsaturated ester. Also disclosed is a process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol composition, where a metathesis derived hydrocarbyl carbonyl compound is reacted in the presence of a silane compound, an organic solvent, and a catalyst system prepared from a metallic complex and a reducing agent. This mixture is then hydrolyzed with a metallic base, and then mixed with organic solvent. The resultant mixture is then separated, washed, dried, and/or purified to produce the unsaturated alcohol composition. The unsaturated alcohol derivatives are useful in many end-use applications, including, for example, lubricants, functional fluids, fuels, functional additives for such lubricants, functional fluids and fuels, plasticizers, asphalt additives, friction reducing agents, plastics, and adhesives.

主权项

1. A process for preparing an unsaturated alcohol composition which comprises:
(a) reacting a metathesis-derived hydrocarbyl carbonyl compound in the presence of a silane compound, an organic solvent, and a catalyst system prepared from: (i) a metallic complex and (ii) a reducing agent; (b) hydrolyzing the mixture from step (a) with a metallic base, and then adding an organic solvent; and (c) separating, washing, drying, and/or purifying, as individual steps or in combinations thereof, the mixture of step (b) to produce the unsaturated alcohol composition.