Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc.

Exxonmobil Technology and Engineering Company

Madelyn Bekker

John Slocum Coleman

Helge Jaensch

Javier Guzman

Jennifer J Austin

Anatoly Ilich Kramer

Emiel De Smit

Roxana Perez Velez

Jeffrey C Bunquin

Alexander V Zabula

Elizabeth A Turner

Raf De Meester

Adam P Hamilton

Ronald G White

Paul Hamilton

Wax compositions may be obtained by providing an olefinic feed comprising a first linear alpha olefin having m carbon atoms and a second linear alpha olefin having n carbon atoms, wherein m and n are independently selected integers each ranging from about 12 to about 100, and the olefinic feed optionally comprises one or more internal olefins and/or one or more branched olefins; contacting the olefinic feed with a metal carbene catalyst in a reactor; forming ethylene and a hydrocarbon substance comprising a linear olefin dimer comprising two carbon atoms less than a sum of m and n; removing the ethylene from the reactor while forming the linear olefin dimer; and isolating a wax composition comprising the linear olefin dimer, a hydrogenated reaction product thereof, or any combination thereof.

Wax compositions comprising linear olefin dimers or hydrogenated variants thereof and methods for production thereof

Growing community of inventors

Houston, TX, United States of America

Madelyn Bekker