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WO2009006979A2 - Catalyst composition and process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene - Google Patents

Catalyst composition and process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene Download PDF

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WO2009006979A2
WO2009006979A2 PCT/EP2008/004815 EP2008004815W WO2009006979A2 WO 2009006979 A2 WO2009006979 A2 WO 2009006979A2 EP 2008004815 W EP2008004815 W EP 2008004815W WO 2009006979 A2 WO2009006979 A2 WO 2009006979A2
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Peter M. Fritz
Heinz BÖLT
Anina Wöhl
Wolfgang Müller
Florian Winkler
Anton Wellenhofer
Uwe Rosenthal
Bernd H. MÜLLER
Marko Hapke
Normen Peulecke
Mohammed Hassan Al-Hazmi
Vugar O Aliyev
Fuad Mohammed Mosa
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  • the present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a process for the di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene.
  • LAOs linear alpha olefins
  • comonomer- grade 1-hexene and 1-octene rely on the oligomerization of ethylene.
  • These processes have in common that they lead to a product distribution of ethylene-oligomers of chain length 4, 6, 8 and so on. This is due to a chemical mechanism which is widely governed by competing chain growth- and displacement reaction steps, leading to a Schulz-Flory- or Poisson- product distribution.
  • Wax formation i.e. formation of heavy, long-chain, high carbon - number products.
  • Harsh reaction conditions i.e. high temperatures and pressures, resulting in high invest-, maintenance-, and energy cost.
  • LAO linear alpha olefins
  • a catalyst composition comprising:
  • Ri, R 2 , R 3, R 4, R 5, R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Cj-Cio-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP -unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
  • any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B) can be utilized as ligand, wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit (structure (A)) or PNPNP-unit (structure (B)) is a ring member, the ring being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution, i. e.
  • Suitable cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B) can be as follows:
  • the chromium compound is selected from organic or inorganic salts, coordination complexes and organometallic complexes of Cr(II) or Cr(III).
  • the chromium compound is selected from CrCl 3 (THF) 3 , Cr(III)acetylacetonate, Cr(III)octanoate, chromium hexacarbonyl, Cr(III)-2-ethylhexanoate and (benzene)tricarbonyl-chromium.
  • R 1 , R 2 , R 3> R 4, R 5; R 6 and R 7 are selected from chloro, amino, trimethyl- silyl, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, benzyl, tolyl and xylyl.
  • Suitable ligands (A) and (B) having an amino-substituent can be as follows:
  • the activator or co-catalyst is selected from trimethylaluminum, triethy- laluminum, triisopropylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, ethylaluminumsesquichloride, di- ethylaluminum chloride, ethylaluminumdichloride, methylaluminoxane (MAO) or mixtures thereof.
  • the ligand is selected from (Ph) 2 P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(i-Pr)-H, (Ph) 2 P-N(J-Pr)- P(Ph)-N(Ph)-H, (Ph) 2 P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(tert-butyl)-H and (Ph) 2 P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)- N(CH(CH 3 )(Ph))-H.
  • a catalyst composition is also preferably provided comprising a solvent.
  • the solvent is selected from aromatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain and cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain olefins and ethers, preferably toluene, benzene, ethylben- zene, cumene, xylenes, mesitylene, hexane, octane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, hexene, heptene, octene, diethylether or tetrahydrofurane, most preferably toluene. Any mixture of these solvents may be used as well.
  • the concentration of the chromium compound is from 0.01 to 100 mmol/1, preferably 0.1 to 10 mmol/1.
  • the ligand/Cr ratio is preferably from 0.5 to 50, preferably 0.8 to 2.0.
  • the Al/Cr ratio is preferably from 1 to 1000, preferably 10 to 200.
  • the components (a) to (c) for providing the catalyst composition are more or less considered as starting materials, but may be converted when the three compounds (a)-(c) are mixed to form the catalyst composition.
  • the catalyst composition according to the present invention can be also illustrated as being obtainable by combining at least:
  • Ri, R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5, R 6 and R 7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Ci-Cio-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP-unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
  • an activator or co-catalyst is also a process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene, comprising subjecting a catalyst composition of the invention to a gas phase of ethylene in a reactor and conducting an oligomerization.
  • the oligomerization is carried out at a pressure of 1 to 200 bar, preferably 10 to 50 bar.
  • the oligomerization is carried out at a temperature of from 10 to 200°C, preferably 20 to 100°C.
  • the process is carried out continuously, semi-continuously or discontinu- ously.
  • the mean residence time may be from 10 minutes to 20 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours.
  • reaction product When combining the ligand according to general structure (A) and a co-catalyst, a reaction product can be obtained having the structural formula.
  • reaction product disclosed above can, of course, be utilized in the catalyst composition instead of the separate addition of ligand and co-catalyst and shall be also within the scope of protection.
  • the PNPN-H-type ligands are deprotonated in-situ by the co- catalyst.
  • the active catalyst species can be also formed ex-situ, by a separate deprotonation/elimination-step leading to the structures given above.
  • the ligands tend to form dimers.
  • These dimeric cyclodiphosphazanes can directly be used to form the active catalyst species.
  • Most preferred ligand structures are (Ph) 2 P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(i-Pr)-H and and and
  • the disadvantages of the prior art can be significantly overcome.
  • the inventive process and the catalyst composition allows the production of 1-hexene with high turnover rate and selectivity. Further, high reproducibility is obtained, i.e. the catalyst composition is stable against interference from impurities and fluctuations in process conditions.
  • Expensive co-catalysts, such as MAO can be totally or to a large extent replaced by cheaper substances, preferably by triethylaluminium.
  • co- catalysts which are prone to quality instabilities, due to their relatively poor definition of chemical structure e.g.
  • figure 1 is a GC/FID analysis of the liquid phase obtained in example 2.
  • the active catalyst may be prepared by combining the chromium source and the ligand in a suitable solvent, preferentially toluene, such that the chromium concentration is 0.01 to 100 mmol/1, preferentially between 0.1 and 10 mmol/1 and the ligand/Cr - ratio is 0.5 to 50 mol/mol, preferentially between 0.8 and 2.0 mol/mol.
  • the co-catalyst preferentially triethy- laluminum or any mixture of triethylaluminum and MAO or triethylaluminum and trimethy- laluminum, is added as a solution in toluene, so as to result in an Al/Cr — ratio between 1 and 1000 mol/mol.
  • the preferred Al/Cr - ratio is 10 to 200 mol/mol.
  • the solvent toluene can be replaced by other solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons other than toluene (benzene, ethylbenzene, cumenene, xylenes, mesitylene etc.), aliphatic hydrocarbons (both straight-chain and cyclic, e.c hexane, octane, cyclohexane), straight-chain olefins like hexene, heptene, octene etc. or ethers like, for example diethylether or tetrahydrofurane.
  • aromatic hydrocarbons other than toluene benzene, ethylbenzene, cumenene, xylenes, mesitylene etc.
  • aliphatic hydrocarbons both straight-chain and cyclic, e.c hexane, octane, cyclohexane
  • straight-chain olefins like he
  • the catalyst solution is then subjected to a gas phase of dry ethylene at pressures between 1 and 200 bar, preferentially 10 and 50 bar in a suitable pressure reactor.
  • the reactor can be of any kind suitable to provide sufficient contact between gas- and liquid phase, such as bubble column reactors, stirred tank reactors, flow reactors with fixed or distributed ethylene- injection and the like.
  • Preferred reaction temperatures are between 10 and 200 °C, the most preferred temperature regime is 20 to 100 0 C.
  • Mean residence times and residence time distributions are chosen so as to achieve sufficient conversion at high selectivities. Typical mean residence times are between 10 minutes and 20 hours (depending on temperature and pressure). The preferred range is 1 to 4 hours.
  • a 300 ml pressure reactor equipped with dip tube, thermowell, gas entrainment stirrer, cooling coil, control units for temperature, pressure, and stirrer speed (all hooked up to a data acquisition system) was inertized with dry argon and filled with 100 ml anhydrous toluene.
  • This catalyst solution was transferred to the reactor under constant argon flow, along with 3.6 ml of a 1.9 mol/1 solution of triethylaluminum in toluene.
  • the chosen volumes and masses correspond to a chromium concentration of 1 mmol/1 at a ligand / CrCl 3 (thf) 3 ratio of 1.5 mol/mol and a Al/Cr ratio of 70 mol/mol.
  • the reactor was sealed, pressurized with 30 bar dry ethylene and heated to 40 °C. While stirring at 1200 rpm, the ethylene consumption was monitored by the data acquisition system and an electronic balance by constantly weighing the ethylene pressure cylinder. After 120 min residence time, the reaction in the liquid phase was quenched by transferring the liquid inventory by means of the ethylene pressure to a glass vessel filled with approx. 100 ml water. The entire gas phase from the reactor's head space was quantified by a calibrated gas meter and was then collected quantitatively in a purged and evacuated gas bag.
  • a GC-trace of the liquid phase is given in Fig. 1.
  • a very high 1- hexene yield is observed, with only trace amounts of 1-butene, 1-octene, 1-decene and 1- dodecene.
  • the average C6-yield exceeds 89 wt% at 4O 0 C and degrades slightly with increasing temperature.
  • Even more surprising than the high C6-yields are the 1 -hexene selectivities within the C ⁇ -fraction. At 40°C reaction temperature, the measured 1-hexene selectivities approach 100 wt%, i.e.
  • novel catalyst system disclosed in this invention is capable of suppressing very effectively any unwanted side reaction channel, such as olefin isomerization or -rearrangement, Friedel-Crafts-alkylation of the solvent, co-oligomerization and the like.
  • Table 1 Influence of temperature on C6-yields and 1-hexene selectivity (process parameters other than temperature as specified in example 1) Temperature C4- Yield, wt% C6- Yield, wt% 1 -Hexene Selectivity
  • the system can be switched from a pure 1 -hexene, i.e. ethylene- trimerization catalyst to a combined tri-/tetramerization system, producing 1 -hexene and 1- octene with high selectivities.
  • Combinations of co-catalysts can increase the overall activity, i.e. the conversion rate, by a factor of at least three, while maintaining the high yields and selectivities.

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The present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene, wherein the catalyst composition comprises a chromium compound, a ligand of the general structure (A) R1R2P -N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-H or (B) R1R2P- N(R3-P(R4)-N(R5)-PR6R7, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNPNP -unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution and a co-catalyst or activator.

Description

CATALYST COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR DI-, TRI- AND/OR TETRAMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE
The present invention relates to a catalyst composition and a process for the di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene.
Existing processes for the production of linear alpha olefins (LAOs),including comonomer- grade 1-hexene and 1-octene, rely on the oligomerization of ethylene. These processes have in common that they lead to a product distribution of ethylene-oligomers of chain length 4, 6, 8 and so on. This is due to a chemical mechanism which is widely governed by competing chain growth- and displacement reaction steps, leading to a Schulz-Flory- or Poisson- product distribution.
From the marketing point of view, this product distribution poses a formidable challenge for the full-range alpha olefins producer. The reason is that each market segment served exhibits a very different behavior in terms of market size and growth, geography, fragmentation etc. It is, therefore, very difficult for the producer to adapt to the market requirements since part of the product spectrum might be in high demand in a given economic context, while at the same time other product cuts might not be marketable at all or only in a marginal niche. Currently, the highest-value LAO product is comonomer-grade 1 -hexene for the polymer industry, while 1-octene demand is also growing at a considerable rate.
Thus, the on-purpose production of the most economically viable LAOs, i.e. comonomer- grade 1-hexene and 1-octene, appears highly desirable. To meet the requirements regarding high C6- and/or C8- selectivities, new processes have been developed. The only known selective C6- commercial process has been commissioned by Chevron Phillips, see for a comprehensive review e.g. J.T. Dixon, MJ. Green, F.M. Hess, D.H. Morgan, "Advances in selective ethylene trimerisation - a critical overview", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 689 (2004) 3641-3668.
Furthermore, patent applications have been filed by Sasol (WO 93/053891 Al), disclosing chromium -based selective ethylene-trimerization catalyst systems, typically of the type CrCl3(bis-(2-diphenylphosphino-ethyl)amine)/ MAO(methylaluminoxane). Also disclosed were variations of the ligand structure (e.g. bis(2-diethylphosphino-ethyl)-amine, pentame- thyldiethylenetriamine etc.). However, all these complexes generate considerable amounts of unwanted side products such as LAOs other than 1-hexene and polyethylene.
A large body of scientific publications and patent literature describes the use of chromium- based metal-organic complexes with ligands featuring the basic PNP- structure (for example bis(diphenylphosphino)amine-ligands) (D. S. McGuinness, P. Wasserscheid, W. Keim, C. Hu, U. Englert, J.T. Dixon, C. Grove, "Novel Cr-PNP complexes as catalysts for the trimerization of ethylene", Chem. Commun., 2003, 334-335; K. Blann, A. Bollmann, J. T. Dixon, F.M. Hess, E. Killian, H. Maumela, D. H. Morgan, A. Neveling, S. Otto, M. J. Overett, "Highly selective chromium-based ethylene trimerisation catalysts with bulky diphosphinoamine ligands", Chem. Comm., 2005, 620-621; M. J. Overett, K. Blann, A. Bollmann, J. T. Dixon, F. Hess, E. Killian, H. Maumela, D. H. Morgan, A. Neveling, S. Otto, "Ethylene trimerisation and tetramerisation catalysts with polar-substituted diphosphinoamine ligands", Chem. Commun., 2005, 622-624; A. Jabri, P. Crewdson, S. Gambarotta, I. Korobkov, R. Duchateau, "Isolation of a Cationic Chromium(II) Species in a Catalytic System for Ethylene Tri- and Tetramerization", Organometallics 2006, 25, 715-718; T. Agapie, S. J. Schofer, J. A. Labin- ger, J.E. Bercaw, "Mechanistic Studies of the Ethylene Trimerization Reaction with Chro- mium-Diphosphine Catalysts: Experimental Evidence for a Mechanism Involving Metalla- cyclic Intermediates", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 1304-1305; S. J. Schofer, M. D. Day, L. M. Henling, J. A. Labinger, J. E. Bercaw, "Ethylene Trimerization Catalysts Based on Chromium Complexes with a Nitrogen-Bridged Diphosphine Ligand Having ortho-Methoxyaryl or ortho-Thiomethoxy Substituents: Well-Defined Catalyst Precursors and Investigations of the Mechanism", Organometallics 2006, 25, 2743-2749; S. J. Schofer, M. D. Day, L. M. Henling, J. A. Labinger, J. E. Bercaw,"A Chromium-Diphosphine System for Catalytic Ethylene Trimerization: Synthetic and Structural Studies of Chromium Complexes with a Nitrogen- Bridged Diphosphine Ligand with ortho-Methoxyaryl Substituents", Organometallics 2006, 25, 2733-2742; P. R. Elowe, C. McCann, P. G. Pringle, S. K. Spitzmesser, J. E. Bercaw, "Nitrogen-Linked Diphosphine Ligands with Ethers Attached to Nitrogen for Chromium- Catalyzed Ethylene Tri- and Tetramerization", Organometallics 2006, 25, 5255-5260; WO 2004/056578, WO 2004/056479, EP 02 794 480.0, EP 02 794 479.2; or the SNS-structure (D. S. McGuinness, D. B. Brown, R. P. Tooze, F. M. Hess, J. T. Dixon, A. M. Z. Slavin, "Ethylene Trimerization with Cr-PNP and Cr-SNS Complexes: Effect of Ligand Structure, Metal Oxidation State, and Role of Activator on Catalysis", Organometallics 2006, 25, 3605-3610; A. Jabri, C. Temple, P. Crewdson, S. Gambarotta, I. Korobkov, R. Duchateau, "Role of the Metal Oxidation State in the SNS-Cr Catalyst for Ethylene Trimerization: Isolation of Di- and Trivalent Cationic Intermediates, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 9238-9247; C. Temple, A. Jabri, P. Crewdson, S. Gambarotta, I. Korobkov, R. Duchateau, "The Question of the Cr- Oxidation State in the {Cr(SNS)} Catalyst for Selective Ethylene Trimerization: An Unanticipated Re-Oxidation Pathway", Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 7050-7053); for both, trimerization and tetramerization of ethylene. Excess amounts of MAO are most commonly used as activator/co-catalyst.
While the majority of the published studies rely on Cr-PNP complexes, some deal with other ligands, e.g. of the general formula (R1)(R2)P-X-P(R3)(R4), where X is a bivalent organic bridging group, see WO 2005/039758 Al, or deal with entirely different complexes, such as titanocenes (H. Hagen, W.P. Kretschmer, F.R. van Buren, B. Hessen, D. A. van Oeffelen, "Selective ethylene trimerization: A study into the mechanism and the reduction of PE formation", Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 248 (2006) 237-247). In either case, the major concern is always selectivity and minimization of polyethylene formation.
The ethylene trimerization and tetramerization catalysts and processes disclosed so far in scientific and patent literature generally have one or more of the following disadvantages:
• Low selectivities to the desired products 1-hexene and/or 1-octene (undesired byproducts from side reaction channels).
• Limited purities of the products, i.e. the selectivities within the specific C6- or C8-cut (isomerization, branched olefin formation etc.).
• Wax formation, i.e. formation of heavy, long-chain, high carbon - number products.
• Polymer formation (polyethylene, branched and/or cross-linked PE); this leads to considerable product yield loss and fouling of equipment. • Poor turnover rates / catalyst activity, resulting in high cost per kg product.
• High catalyst- or ligand cost.
• Difficult ligand synthesis, resulting in poor availability and high catalyst cost.
• Susceptibility of catalyst performance, in terms of both activity and selectivity, to trace impurities (catalyst losses/-poisoning).
• Difficult handling of catalyst components in a technical environment (catalyst complex synthesis, pre-mixing, inertization, catalyst-or ligand recovery).
• Harsh reaction conditions, i.e. high temperatures and pressures, resulting in high invest-, maintenance-, and energy cost.
• High co-catalyst/activator cost and/or —consumption
• Susceptibility to varying co-catalyst qualities; often the case when larger amounts of relatively ill-defined compounds must be used as activators (e.g. certain MAO- varieties).
It is an object of the present invention to provide a catalyst composition and a process for selective di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene overcoming the disadvantages of the prior art. Especially, higher selectivities shall be achieved with avoidance of formation of considerable amounts of waxes and polymers, regardless of the process conditions. Further, the catalyst composition shall also provide sufficiently high activity turnover frequency for a technical process. In other words, the broad spectrum of LAO (linear alpha olefins) products in prior art processes shall be avoided and the selective production of preferably the economically most desired product, 1 -hexene, shall be allowed. Depending on the nature of the co-catalyst and the reaction conditions, also the co-production of, e.g. 1-butene and 1 -hexene, and 1 -hexene and 1-octene, respectively, shall be provided.
The object is achieved by a catalyst composition comprising:
(a) a chromium compound;
(b) a ligand of the general structure
(A) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-H or
(B) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-PR6R7
wherein Ri, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Cj-Cio-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP -unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
(c) an activator or co-catalyst.
As is to be understood, any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B) can be utilized as ligand, wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit (structure (A)) or PNPNP-unit (structure (B)) is a ring member, the ring being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution, i. e. by formally eliminating per constituent compound either two whole groups Ri-R7 (as defined) or H, one atom from each of two groups Ri-R7 (as defined) or a whole group Ri-R7 (as defined) or H and an atom from another group Ri-R7 (as defined), and joining the formally so-created valence-unsaturated sites by one covalent bond per constituent compound to provide the same valence as initially present at a given site.
Suitable cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B) can be as follows:
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Preferably, the chromium compound is selected from organic or inorganic salts, coordination complexes and organometallic complexes of Cr(II) or Cr(III).
Most preferably, the chromium compound is selected from CrCl3(THF)3, Cr(III)acetylacetonate, Cr(III)octanoate, chromium hexacarbonyl, Cr(III)-2-ethylhexanoate and (benzene)tricarbonyl-chromium.
It is also preferred that R1, R2, R3> R4, R5; R6 and R7 are selected from chloro, amino, trimethyl- silyl, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, benzyl, tolyl and xylyl.
Suitable ligands (A) and (B) having an amino-substituent can be as follows:
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In one embodiment, the activator or co-catalyst is selected from trimethylaluminum, triethy- laluminum, triisopropylaluminum, triisobutylaluminum, ethylaluminumsesquichloride, di- ethylaluminum chloride, ethylaluminumdichloride, methylaluminoxane (MAO) or mixtures thereof.
Most preferred, the ligand is selected from (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(i-Pr)-H, (Ph)2P-N(J-Pr)- P(Ph)-N(Ph)-H, (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(tert-butyl)-H and (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)- N(CH(CH3)(Ph))-H.
A catalyst composition is also preferably provided comprising a solvent.
Preferably, the solvent is selected from aromatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain and cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain olefins and ethers, preferably toluene, benzene, ethylben- zene, cumene, xylenes, mesitylene, hexane, octane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, hexene, heptene, octene, diethylether or tetrahydrofurane, most preferably toluene. Any mixture of these solvents may be used as well.
In one embodiment, the concentration of the chromium compound is from 0.01 to 100 mmol/1, preferably 0.1 to 10 mmol/1. The ligand/Cr ratio is preferably from 0.5 to 50, preferably 0.8 to 2.0.
The Al/Cr ratio is preferably from 1 to 1000, preferably 10 to 200.
As is obvious for someone skilled in the art, the components (a) to (c) for providing the catalyst composition are more or less considered as starting materials, but may be converted when the three compounds (a)-(c) are mixed to form the catalyst composition. In this regard the catalyst composition according to the present invention can be also illustrated as being obtainable by combining at least:
(a) a chromium compound;
(b) a ligand of the general structure
(A) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-H or
(B) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-PR6R7,
wherein Ri, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Ci-Cio-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP-unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
and
(c) an activator or co-catalyst. According to the invention is also a process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene, comprising subjecting a catalyst composition of the invention to a gas phase of ethylene in a reactor and conducting an oligomerization.
Preferably, the oligomerization is carried out at a pressure of 1 to 200 bar, preferably 10 to 50 bar.
Also preferred, the oligomerization is carried out at a temperature of from 10 to 200°C, preferably 20 to 100°C.
In one embodiment, the process is carried out continuously, semi-continuously or discontinu- ously.
The mean residence time may be from 10 minutes to 20 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours.
When combining the ligand according to general structure (A) and a co-catalyst, a reaction product can be obtained having the structural formula.
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R1 R2
or R2 R1
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R1 R2
The reaction product disclosed above can, of course, be utilized in the catalyst composition instead of the separate addition of ligand and co-catalyst and shall be also within the scope of protection.
Under reaction conditions, the PNPN-H-type ligands are deprotonated in-situ by the co- catalyst. In a further advantageous embodiment of the present invention, the active catalyst species can be also formed ex-situ, by a separate deprotonation/elimination-step leading to the structures given above.
Especially, if smaller or sterically less demanding groups Ri-R7 are used, the ligands tend to form dimers. These dimeric cyclodiphosphazanes can directly be used to form the active catalyst species.
The general ligand structures (A) and (B) as disclosed can be also illustrated by the following structural formula: R4
Figure imgf000012_0001
Figure imgf000012_0002
R1 R2
R4
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Most preferred ligand structures are (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(i-Pr)-H and
Figure imgf000013_0001
and
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and
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Surprisingly, it was found that with the inventive catalyst composition and the process for di-, tri- and tetramerization of ethylene the disadvantages of the prior art can be significantly overcome. Especially, the inventive process and the catalyst composition allows the production of 1-hexene with high turnover rate and selectivity. Further, high reproducibility is obtained, i.e. the catalyst composition is stable against interference from impurities and fluctuations in process conditions. Expensive co-catalysts, such as MAO, can be totally or to a large extent replaced by cheaper substances, preferably by triethylaluminium. Additionally, co- catalysts which are prone to quality instabilities, due to their relatively poor definition of chemical structure (e.g. MAO), are partly or totally replaced by well-defined chemical species (tri ethyl aluminium). With the inventive process no wide LAO product distribution is obtained, but specific alpha-olefins can be selectively produced. Further, the polymer formation is suppressed very well. Moreover, mild reaction conditions can be chosen, resulting consequently in low invest costs for technical-scale plant and low energy and operation costs. Additionally, a relatively simple, straight-forward process design is possible. Very high 1-hexene or 1-hexene/l-octene-selectivities lead to high product purities without additional purification steps in the separation train.
Further advantages and features of the present invention are now illustrated in the following examples section with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein figure 1 is a GC/FID analysis of the liquid phase obtained in example 2.
The active catalyst may be prepared by combining the chromium source and the ligand in a suitable solvent, preferentially toluene, such that the chromium concentration is 0.01 to 100 mmol/1, preferentially between 0.1 and 10 mmol/1 and the ligand/Cr - ratio is 0.5 to 50 mol/mol, preferentially between 0.8 and 2.0 mol/mol. The co-catalyst, preferentially triethy- laluminum or any mixture of triethylaluminum and MAO or triethylaluminum and trimethy- laluminum, is added as a solution in toluene, so as to result in an Al/Cr — ratio between 1 and 1000 mol/mol. The preferred Al/Cr - ratio is 10 to 200 mol/mol.
The solvent toluene can be replaced by other solvents such as aromatic hydrocarbons other than toluene (benzene, ethylbenzene, cumenene, xylenes, mesitylene etc.), aliphatic hydrocarbons (both straight-chain and cyclic, e.c hexane, octane, cyclohexane), straight-chain olefins like hexene, heptene, octene etc. or ethers like, for example diethylether or tetrahydrofurane.
The catalyst solution is then subjected to a gas phase of dry ethylene at pressures between 1 and 200 bar, preferentially 10 and 50 bar in a suitable pressure reactor. The reactor can be of any kind suitable to provide sufficient contact between gas- and liquid phase, such as bubble column reactors, stirred tank reactors, flow reactors with fixed or distributed ethylene- injection and the like.
Preferred reaction temperatures are between 10 and 200 °C, the most preferred temperature regime is 20 to 1000C. Mean residence times and residence time distributions (in case of a continuous process) are chosen so as to achieve sufficient conversion at high selectivities. Typical mean residence times are between 10 minutes and 20 hours (depending on temperature and pressure). The preferred range is 1 to 4 hours.
Example 1: Ligand Preparation
1.1 Preparation of Bis(isopropyl-amino)-phenylphosphine (NPN)
To a stirred solution of isopropylamine (30ml, 352 mmol) in diethylether (250 ml), dichloro- phenylphosphine (9.63 ml, 71 mmol, dissolved in 50ml diethylether) was added at 00C over a period of 30 min. After stirring for a total of 72 hrs the solution was filtrated. The residue was washed with diethylether and the solvent was removed in vacuum. The remaining oil was distilled at 0.2 Torr/76-78°C to give a colorless liquid with 33% yield (5.3g). 31P(H) NMR: 49.0 ppm.
1.2 Preparation of (phenyl)2PN(isopropyl)P(phenyl)NH(isopropyl) (PNPN-H)
A solution of the NPN-species (as prepared in section l.l)(2.4g, 10.7mmol) in tetrahydrofu- rane (10ml) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of triethylamine (6ml) and chlorodi- phenylphosphine (2.36g, 10.7mmol) in thf (40ml) at -40°C. After additional stirring for 24h hrs at room temperature the triethylammonium salt was filtrated off and the residue was dissolved in n-hexane, filtrated again, and the solution was kept at -30°C for crystallisation. Yield 52% (2.3g, 5.6mmol). 31P(H) NMR: 41.2, 68.4 (broad).
Example 2: Ethylene Trimerization
A 300 ml pressure reactor, equipped with dip tube, thermowell, gas entrainment stirrer, cooling coil, control units for temperature, pressure, and stirrer speed (all hooked up to a data acquisition system) was inertized with dry argon and filled with 100 ml anhydrous toluene. 1694 μl of a 4.017 wt% - solution of the ligand 1 ((phenyl)2PN(isopropyl)P(phenyl)NH(isopropyl)) in toluene was combined with 59.2 mg CrCl3(thf)3 (thf = tetrahydrofurane) under an argon blanket. This catalyst solution was transferred to the reactor under constant argon flow, along with 3.6 ml of a 1.9 mol/1 solution of triethylaluminum in toluene.
The chosen volumes and masses correspond to a chromium concentration of 1 mmol/1 at a ligand / CrCl3(thf)3 ratio of 1.5 mol/mol and a Al/Cr ratio of 70 mol/mol.
The reactor was sealed, pressurized with 30 bar dry ethylene and heated to 40 °C. While stirring at 1200 rpm, the ethylene consumption was monitored by the data acquisition system and an electronic balance by constantly weighing the ethylene pressure cylinder. After 120 min residence time, the reaction in the liquid phase was quenched by transferring the liquid inventory by means of the ethylene pressure to a glass vessel filled with approx. 100 ml water. The entire gas phase from the reactor's head space was quantified by a calibrated gas meter and was then collected quantitatively in a purged and evacuated gas bag.
After separation of the liquid organic phase, the total mass was determined by weighing. Subsequently, the composition of the organic phase was analyzed by GC/FID. The previously collected gas phase was analyzed separately by GC/FID.
Based on the measured data, the mass balance was closed and the overall yields and selectivi- ties were determined.
For illustration, a GC-trace of the liquid phase is given in Fig. 1. Surprisingly, a very high 1- hexene yield is observed, with only trace amounts of 1-butene, 1-octene, 1-decene and 1- dodecene. In repetitive experiments under clean and well-defined conditions, no discernible polymer formation was observed. The average C6-yield exceeds 89 wt% at 4O0C and degrades slightly with increasing temperature. Even more surprising than the high C6-yields are the 1 -hexene selectivities within the Cό-fraction. At 40°C reaction temperature, the measured 1-hexene selectivities approach 100 wt%, i.e. are not distinguishable from 100 wt% within experimental error, thus rendering any polishing separation unit to ensure 1-hexene specifications obsolete in technical operations. The novel catalyst system disclosed in this invention is capable of suppressing very effectively any unwanted side reaction channel, such as olefin isomerization or -rearrangement, Friedel-Crafts-alkylation of the solvent, co-oligomerization and the like.
A summary of typical results from a series of non-optimized experiments is given in table 1. Higher temperatures, although causing deteriorating Cό-yields, can, however, be useful for the co-production of C4- and C6-olefins, while still giving high 1 -butene and 1 -hexene selectivities (product purities) within the C4- and C6-fraction, respectively.
Table 1: Influence of temperature on C6-yields and 1-hexene selectivity (process parameters other than temperature as specified in example 1) Temperature C4- Yield, wt% C6- Yield, wt% 1 -Hexene Selectivity
C° in Cό-Fraction, wt%
40 8.2 89 100
65 9.6 84 97
90 33 52 90
Using different co-catalysts and/or by varying the structure of the functional groups of the ligand or the Cr/ligand - ratio, the system can be switched from a pure 1 -hexene, i.e. ethylene- trimerization catalyst to a combined tri-/tetramerization system, producing 1 -hexene and 1- octene with high selectivities.
With ligand 1, triethylaluminum as co-catalyst results in high 1 -hexene yields, while MAO leads to 1 -hexene and 1-octene.
Combinations of co-catalysts, such as triethylaluminum spiked with small amounts of MAO or trimethylaluminum, can increase the overall activity, i.e. the conversion rate, by a factor of at least three, while maintaining the high yields and selectivities.
Further preferred variations of the PNPN-H -structured basic ligand type were successfully synthesized and tested as shown above.
The features disclosed in the foregoing description, in the claims and in the drawing may, both separately and in any combination thereof, be material for realizing the invention in diverse forms thereof.

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Claims
1. Catalyst composition comprising:
(a) a chromium compound;
(b) a ligand of the general structure
(A) RiR2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-H or
(B) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-PR6R7,
wherein Ri, R2, R3, R4, Rs1 R6 and R7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Ci-Cio-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP-unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
and
(c) an activator or co-catalyst.
2. Catalyst composition according to claim 1, wherein the chromium compound is selected from organic or inorganic salts, coordination complexes and organometallic complexes of Cr(II) or Cr(III).
3. Catalyst composition according to claim 2, wherein the chromium compound is selected from CrCl3(THF)3, Cr(III)acetylacetonate, Cr(III)octanoate, chromium hexacar- bonyl, Cr(III)-2-ethylhexanoate and (benzene^ricarbonyl-chromium.
4. Catalyst composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein Ri, R2, R3, R4, R5j R6 and R7 are selected from chloro, amino, trimethylsilyl, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, tert-butyl, phenyl, benzyl, tolyl and xylyl.
5. Catalyst composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the activator or co-catalyst is selected from trimethylaluminum, triethylaluminum, triisopropylalu- minum, triisobutylaluminum, ethylaluminumsesquichloride, diethylaluminum chloride, ethylaluminumdichloride, methylaluminoxane (MAO) or mixtures thereof.
6. Catalyst composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ligand is selected from (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(i-Pr)-H, (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(Ph)-H, (Ph)2P- N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(tert-butyl)-H and (Ph)2P-N(i-Pr)-P(Ph)-N(CH(CH3)(Ph))-H.
7. Catalyst composition according to any of the preceding claims additionally comprising a solvent.
8. Catalyst composition according to claim 7, wherein the solvent is selected from aromatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain and cyclic aliphatic hydrocarbons, straight-chain olefins and ethers, preferably toluene, benzene, ethylbenzene, cumene, xylenes, me- sitylene, hexane, octane, cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, hexene, heptene, octene, diethylether or tetrahydrofurane or mixtures thereof, most preferably toluene.
9. Catalyst composition according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the concentration of the chromium compound is from 0.01 to 100 mmol/1, preferably 0.1 to 10 mmol/1.
10. Catalyst composition according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the ligand/Cr ratio is from 0.5 to 50, preferably 0.8 to 2.0.
11. Catalyst composition according to claim 5, wherein the Al/Cr ratio is from 1 :1 to 1000:1, preferably 10:1 to 200:1.
12. Catalyst composition, obtainable by combining at least:
(a) a chromium compound;
(b) a ligand of the general structure
(A) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-H or
(B) R,R2P-N(R3)-P(R4)-N(R5)-PR6R7,
wherein Ri, R2, R3, R4, R5 R6 and R7 are independently selected from halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, Ci-CiO-alkyl, aryl and substituted aryl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN- unit or PNPNP -unit is member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution;
and
(c) an activator or co-catalyst.
13. Process for di-, tri- and/or tetramerization of ethylene, comprising subjecting a catalyst composition according to any of the claims 1 to 12 to a gas phase of ethylene in a reactor and conducting an oligomerization.
14. Process according to claim 13, wherein the oligomerization is carried out at a pressure of 1 to 200 bar, preferably 10 to 50 bar.
15. Process according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the oligomerization is carried out at a temperature of from 10 to 200°C, preferably 20 to 100°C.
16. Process according to any of the claims 13 to 15, wherein the process is carried out continuously.
17. Process according to any of the claims 13 to 16, wherein the mean residence time is from 10 minutes to 20 hours, preferably 1 to 4 hours.
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