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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
R Scott Smith, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Albermarle Corporation, Richmond, US;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502344 ;
Abstract
A catalyst composition is disclosed that is useful for the dimerization of a normal 1-alkene containing 3-8 carbons. A supported alkali metal is employed as a catalyst and is combined with about 10-100 mol %, based on the amount of alkali metal catalyst, of an oxide of sodium, potassium, rubidium, and/or cesium as a co-catalyst. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the alkali metal is potassium or a potassium or a potassium alloy, and the co-catalyst is sodium oxide.