1-Octene

1-Octene is a higher linear alpha olefins.

Synthesis

Industrially, 1-octene is commonly manufactured by two main routes: chlorination/dehydrochlorination of linear paraffins.

There are five commercial processes which Gulf (CP Chemicals) and Idemitsu processes.

The only commercial process to isolate 1-octene from a wide mixture of C₈ hydrocarbons is practiced by Sasol Ltd., a South African oil and gas and petrochemical company. Sasol commercially employs aromatic compounds.

Synthesis of 1-octene as a part of multi-product ethylene linear alpha olefins.

Although several processes have been proposed in patents or in technical literature, there is not a viable commercial process which produces only 1-octene.

Applications

The primary, even overwhelming, use of 1-octene is as a comonomer in production of polyethylene. linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) use approximately 2-4% and 8-10% of comonomers, respectively.

Another significant use of 1-octene is for production of linear hydrogenation of the aldehyde.

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