A Route in the Synthesis of Bimetallic Catalysts Applicable in the Olefin Oligomerization Reaction

Abstract

The development of new energy alternatives that meet the current demand for fossil fuels has imposed the challenge of proposing new and efficient processes that generate a dependence on these energy sources. For the development of this work an intense bibliographic search was carried out, consisting in the first instance in finding metals that fulfill the catalytic function required for the reaction, a reaction proposal oligomerization; to then give way to the selection of catalytic support that could enhance the advantages of the chosen metals, in addition to possessing the qualities necessary to operate in the severe operating conditions (35 bars and 150 or 350 °C), described in the bibliography. The sum of the above considerations led to the choice of two bimetallic catalysts, in which Ni was used as a base supported on a mesoporous material (MCM-48), in which two different transition metals (Pt and Cr) will be deposited, with the objective of: subsequently, they are evaluated in this oligomerization reaction from ethylene to obtain olefinics in the chain length range for use as Bioturbosin.