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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1977
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1975
Renato Tesei, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Vittorio Fattore, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Franco Buonomo, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Snam Progetti, S.p.A., San Donato, Milanese, IT;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for preparing tertiary olefins starting from the corresponding tertiary ethers, the improvement consisting in contacting the ether with a catalyst composed by active alumina modified by reaction with a silicon compound selected among those corresponding to the general formula: ##STR1## wherein X,Y,Z and W can be --R, --OR, --Cl, --Br, --SiH.sub.3 , --COOR, --Sih.sub.n O.sub.m, R being hydrogen, an alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkyl-cycloalkyl radical of from 1 to 30 carbon atoms, n and m being integers comprised between 1 and 3. The advantages afforded by the invention are mainly the nearly quantitative yields and the high purity of the end products.