The present invention discloses processes for producing normal alpha olefins, such as 1-hexene, 1-octene, 1-decene, and 1-dodecene in a multistep synthesis scheme from another normal alpha olefin. Also disclosed are reactions for converting aldehydes, primary alcohols, and terminal vicinal diols into normal alpha olefins.

Disclosed is a catalyst for use in hydrotreating hydrocarbon feedstocks and methods of making the same catalyst. Specifically, a catalyst is disclosed comprises at least one Group VIB metal component, at least one Group VIII metal component, an organic additive resulting in a C-content of the final catalysts of about 1 to about 30 wt % C, and preferably about 1 to about 20 wt % C, and more preferably about 5 to about 15 wt % C and a titanium-containing carrier component, wherein the amount of the titanium component is in the range of about 3 to about 60 wt %, expressed as an oxide (TiO.sub.2) and based on the total weight of the catalyst. The titanium-containing carrier is formed by co-extruding or precipitating a titanium source with a AI.sub.2O.sub.3 precursor to form a porous support material primarily comprising AI.sub.2O.sub.3 or by impregnating a titanium source onto a porous support material primarily comprising AI.sub.2O.sub.3. Special preference is given to alumina and alumina containing up to and no more than 1 wt % of silica, preferably no more than 0.5 wt % based on the total weight of the support (dry base).

The present invention relates to an organic zinc catalyst which exhibits more improved catalytic activity than conventional organic zinc catalysts during a polymerization process for the preparation of a polyalkylene carbonate resin and is capable of preventing an aggregation phenomenon during a reaction, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin using the organic zinc catalyst.

The method for preparing an organic zinc catalyst includes the step of reacting a zinc precursor with a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a polyether derivative to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst.

The disclosure provides a synthesis method of 2,4,6-trifluorobenzylamine, belonging to the technical field of chemical synthesis. The synthesis method is characterized by comprising the following steps: (1) allowing pentachlorobenzonitrile as a raw material to undergo fluoridation reaction with a fluoridation agent based on 2,4,6-trifluoro-3,5-dichlorobenzonitrile as a solvent to obtain 2,4,6-trifluoro-3,5-dichlorobenzonitrile; (2) hydrogenating the obtained 2,4,6-trifluoro-3,5-dichlorobenzonitrile with hydrogen in the presence of organic carboxylic acid, based, on palladium carbon as a catalyst to obtain 2,4,6-trifluoro-3,5-dichlorobenzylamine; and (3) hydrogenating the obtained 2,4,6-trifluoro-3,5-dichlorobenzylamine with hydrogen in a solvent in the presence of a catalyst to obtain 2,4,6-trifluorobenzylamine. The synthesis method has the advantages of low raw material cost, short reaction steps, high reaction yield, good product purity simple operation and the like, and is suitable for industrial production.

The present invention is intended to provide a radical generating catalyst that can generate (produce) radicals under mild conditions. In order to achieve the above object, the first radical generating catalyst of the present invention includes: at least one selected from the group consisting of amino acids, peptides, phospholipids, and salts thereof. The second or third radical generating catalyst of the present invention includes an ammonium salt represented by the following chemical formula (XI) (excluding peroxodisulfate) and having a Lewis acidity of 0.4 eV or more.

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The invention concerns a catalytic composition comprising: at least one nickel precursor with an oxidation number of (+II), at least one phosphine ligand with formula PR.sup.1R.sup.2R.sup.3 in which the groups R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be identical or different and which may or may not be bonded together, and at least one Lewis base, said composition having a molar ratio of the phosphine ligand to the nickel precursor of less than or equal to 5 and a molar ratio of the Lewis base and phosphine ligand together to the nickel precursor of greater than or equal to 5.

The present invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst has been prepared by introducing at least one organic compound of the family of carboxyanhydrides. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.

The present invention relates to a catalyst containing an active cobalt phase, deposited on a support comprising alumina, silica or silica-alumina, said support containing a mixed oxide phase containing cobalt and/or nickel, said catalyst has been prepared by introducing at least one ether organic compound comprising not more than two ether functions and not comprising a hydroxyl group. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in the field of Fischer-Tropsch synthesis processes.

The present invention relates to an organic zinc catalyst which exhibits more improved catalytic activity than conventional organic zinc catalysts during a polymerization process for the preparation of a polyalkylene carbonate resin and is capable of preventing an aggregation phenomenon during a reaction, a method for preparing the same, and a method for preparing a polyalkylene carbonate resin using the organic zinc catalyst. The method for preparing an organic zinc catalyst includes the step of reacting a zinc precursor with a dicarboxylic acid in the presence of a polyether derivative to form a zinc dicarboxylate-based catalyst.

The invention relates to a process for preparing isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups, in which, in the sequence of steps A) to D), A) haloalkylalkoxysilane is reacted with metal cyanate and alcohol to give alkoxysilanoalkylurethane, B) alkoxysilanoalkylurethane is freed of low boilers, solids, salt burdens and/or high boilers and optionally purified, C) alkoxysilanoalkylurethane obtained after B) is thermally cleaved to release isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product, leaving bottoms material, and D) isocyanate containing alkoxysilane groups and by-product are separated from one another and from cleavage bottoms material and collected, wherein the process regime at least of steps C) to D) is continuous.