Mechanistic Investigation and Kinetics of Alkene Oligomerization

On the basis of the previous work, several mechanistic manners for the oligomerization of olefinic feedstocks have been suggested  

On the basis of the accompaniment of the isomerization reaction, in the study of a-olefin oligomerization to lubricating base oil over sulfated zirconia catalyst, the carbocation mechanism was also suggested.  

The suggested ionic mechanism was used to explain the activity and selectivity behaviour in the oligomerization of olefins over alkali metal ion-exchanged zeolites. In olefin oligomerization, the activity pattern for the alkali metal ion forms in zeolites is inversely proportional to the ionic radius, e.g. Li Na  

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