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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Chevron U.s.a. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Oleg Mironov, San Ramon, CA (US);
Robert J. Saxton, San Ramon, CA (US);
Alan S. Goldman, Highland, NJ (US);
Akshai Kumar, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are processes for tandem alkene dehydrogenation/alkene dimerization using an iridium pincer complex catalyst on a support comprising magnesium silicates (e.g., Florisil®). The reaction process comprises providing an iridium pincer complex bound to a solid support comprising magnesium silicates; providing a gaseous alkane feedstock comprising at least one alkane; and contacting the gaseous alkane feedstock with the iridium pincer complex bound to the solid support in the presence of a hydrogen acceptor to form dimerized alkenes. The processes disclosed herein can accomplish facile, low-temperature tandem transfer dehydrogenation of alkanes and dimerization of alkenes with unprecedented TONs at a reasonable rate of conversion.