摘要 |
A peaking process is disclosed for preparing aldehydes or carboxylic acids from a mixture of alpha olefins. The alpha olefins are separated into at least two fractions consisting of a low molecular weight fraction and a high molecular weight fraction. The high molecular weight fraction is isomerized and the two fractions oxidized. The low molecular weight fraction will oxidize to Cn-1 product and C1 product. The high molecular weight fraction will cleave at the double bond giving products containing the number of carbon atoms of the groups on either side of the double bond. The procedure has great versatility by varying the number of fractions and isomerizations. With alpha olefins prepared from metal alkyl growth product, M-values also have an influence on the final product.
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